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Bloomberg revamps terminal - launches Next

In a rare media event, Bloomberg unveils its enhanced terminal BloombergNext, which was developed via extensive customer analysis and relationship management.

28 February 2012

News/Online banking

RBA launches probe into Oz banking outages

Australia's central bank is preparing a crackdown on operational disruptions at the country's leading banks following a series of major outages in retail payment systems and Internet banking sites. The RBA's intervention comes as Westpac warned customers that it was experiencing intermittent problems with its Web site.

21 February 2012

News/Online banking

Wisdom of the crowds? First direct Web site revamp gets mixed reviews

UK bank first direct has overhauled its Web site after collecting ideas from customers through its crowdsourcing portal.

20 February 2012

News/Online banking

Banks and telcos to debate mobile financial future

Leading banks, telcos, handset device manufacturers and app developers will gather under one roof next month to debate the future of mobile banking and payments services at the first annual MobeyDay conference in Barcelona.

17 February 2012

News/Online banking

NAB services knocked out

The latest in a long line of computer problems to hit Australian banks has left NAB customers unable to use ATMs and point-of-sale terminals or access their account online or over the phone.

10 February 2012

News/Online banking

Anonymous Brazil targets bank sites

Hackers in Brazil linked to the Anonymous collective have crashed Web sites belonging to a raft of country's leading banks, including Banco de Brasil and Citigroup.

08 February 2012

News/Online banking

Dwolla sets sights on growth with $5 million funding round

Dwolla, the Des Moine, Iowa-based start up that is bidding to build a competing digital payments network to match PayPal, Visa and MasterCard, has raised $5 million in a series B funding round led by Union Square ventures.

08 February 2012

News/Online banking

Bristol to get own currency; pay by cash, online or mobile

The UK city of Bristol is set to introduce its own currency, with locals able to pay in 'Bristol Pound' notes, online or through their mobile phones.

06 February 2012

News/Online banking

La Caixa opens access to banking via TV remote

Spain's La Caixa is to offer customers remote banking services via their TV remote control, through a partnership with Samsung.

03 February 2012

News/Online banking

US digital banking adoption and satisfaction on the up - comScore

Mobile banking adoption grew steadily in the US last year, with 16% of cell phone owners using their handset to access financial information in the second quarter, according to figures from comScore.

03 February 2012

News/Online banking

MPs call for government cybercrime awareness campaign

The UK government should launch an awareness-raising campaign to teach Brits how to stay safe online and avoid malware which could steal their personal and bank details, a group of MPs say.

02 February 2012

News/Online banking

Financial services firms and Internet giants team to fight spam

Bank of America, Fidelity Investments and PayPal have joined with Google, Microsoft and Facebook to develop a set of e-mail authentication standards designed to reduce the threat of deceptive spam and phishing fraud.

30 January 2012

News/Online banking

South African banks warn customers off new PFM site

South African banks are warning customers not to hand over their login details to a new money management site called 22seven, citing security concerns.

27 January 2012

News/Online banking

Credit Agricole opens up to third-party app developers

French bank Credit Agricole has unveiled its own application marketplace, giving developers access to an SDK with which to build their own mobile and Web tools.

26 January 2012

News/Online banking

Dutch retailers up in arms over ING glitches

A Dutch retail association has hit out at ING, claiming ongoing problems with the bank's iDEAL payments system has cost its members millions of euros.

25 January 2012