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Digital Banking's Nine Circles of Security 23 Aug 2013 | 05:38 am
Yesterday, I was chatting with Jelmer de Jong and Jouk Pleiter from Backbase about their three levels of website security (see note 1). But since I just finished Dan Brown's latest book, Inferno, whic...
New Banking Business Models 16 Aug 2013 | 05:27 am
There will likely be a few more post-mortems on Perkstreet's failure to create a viable business using a debit-card rewards model (note 1). Whether its downfall was due primarily to unfortunate commod...
Thoughts on Perkstreet's Demise 14 Aug 2013 | 11:40 pm
If you follow U.S. virtual banking (see note 1), you have likely heard that one of the biggest, at least in terms of venture funding ($15 mil), is closing its doors. Boston-based Perkstreet Financial ...
Gamification & Banking 10 Aug 2013 | 07:02 am
I don't know what we did before the term gamification was coined. Back in the day we just talked about comparisons, metrics, charts and so on (or maybe "game mechanics" if you working on your PhD). Bu...
New Online Banking Report Published: Opportunities with Prepaid & Gift Cards 9 Aug 2013 | 06:20 am
Many pundits like to talk about how banks have dropped the ball in digital (online/mobile). We take a different view. Banks, especially in the United States, have lost essentially zero market share to...
Why I Look Forward to Letting My Auto Insurance Provider Track My Every Move 8 Aug 2013 | 06:56 am
Our family has been lucky. Extraordinarily lucky. Eighty-plus years of mostly city driving, combined across four drivers, and not a single auto insurance claim (note 1). That means we’ve paid more tha...
Financial Innovation Marches On, Even in July 1 Aug 2013 | 10:11 pm
I subscribe to about 800 blogs/alerts and usually find one or two new fintech companies, potential Finovate presenters, every single day. But July was slower, with the pace of new companies dropping t...
BBVA Compass Bundles Microbiz Checking with PAYware Mobile Card Processing 31 Jul 2013 | 07:09 am
I rarely get a chance to write about checking accounts, so I was glad to see the BBVA Compass announcement on the wires yesterday. The bank launched a Business Mobility Bundle which has checking, mob...
Will mobile finally make PFM popular? 30 Jul 2013 | 07:15 am
In the online desktop era, we’ve only seen one direct-to-consumer PFM mega-hit. Mint (see note 1). But looking at recent rankings in the U.S. Apple App Store (iOS) it looks like that may be changing....
The Contactless Sticker as a Mobile Wallet Trojan Horse 20 Jul 2013 | 12:13 am
I've had Discover's Zip contactless sticker pasted to the back of my iPhone for a few years. Although I don't run across very many places to use it in Seattle, I enjoy the user experience when it work...
