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Kiva, an online person-to-person micro-lending outfit that enables people to make loans to entrepreneurs and small businesses in the developing world, is opening up to credit crunch-hit American borrowers.
10 June 2009
Intuit is to acquire US online payroll outfit PayCycle for $170 million in an all-cash transaction.
03 June 2009
Houston-based personal financial management start-up Rudder has inadvertently exposed the private account details of hundreds of individuals to other users of the site.
21 May 2009
Baltimore-based investment management firm T Rowe Price has partnered Walt Disney to launch an online financial education board game for children as well as an exhibit at the entertainment company's resort in Florida.
20 May 2009
US person-to-person loan exchange Prosper has shut down operations again, just a couple of weeks after coming out of an enforced six month spell on the sidelines.
13 May 2009
Intuit has added a free iPhone and iPod touch version of its Quicken personal finance tool to the Apple app store.
06 May 2009
Delta Community Credit Union has become the first financial institution to sign for the new Web-services-based version of Wesabe's money management site.
29 April 2009
Online personal finance outfit Wesabe has launched a free application that lets users track and manage their money with an iPhone or iPod Touch.
27 April 2009
Arizona State Credit Union has launched a social media site where people hit by the recession can share information and advice.
03 April 2009
US financial management software firm Intuit has outlined plans to develop and sell products specifically aimed at the fast growing Indian market.
25 March 2009
US person-to-person (P2P) network Lending Club has raised $12 million in a series b funding round led by Morgenthaler Ventures.
19 March 2009
Personal finance site Wesabe has launched a Web-services-based version of its money management platform for banks and credit unions.
18 March 2009
US bank account auction marketplace MoneyAisle says it generated over $100 million worth of certificates of deposit and high-yield savings deposits for financial institutions in the fourth quarter of 2008 as Americans concerned by the economic crisis seek out competitive rates.
27 January 2009
UK supermarket Tesco has received full approval from the Financial Services Authority for its takeover of the chain's personal finance arm, and poached retail banking chief Paulette Rowe from former partner Royal Bank of Scotland to head its marketing operations.
19 December 2008
Intuit has launched a forward looking version of its money management software Quicken Online, so users can track their spending ahead of time.
09 December 2008
Cantor Fitzgerald has filed an application with regulators to launch an exchange that will allow users to hedge and speculate on the financial performance of movies.
08 December 2008
Visa is to develop a bespoke version of its Better Money Skills financial education Website for the UK's Nationwide, as banks adjust their strategies for an economic downturn and seek to deploy online tools that can help customers suffering financial hardship.
26 November 2008
Origo, the technology standards body for the UK life assurance industry, is partnering with IFA portal Sesame, Norwich Union and Skandia to pilot a secure e-mail service for the exchange of confidential business documentation.
12 November 2008
Monilink, the UK mobile banking network launched by Morse spin-off Monitise and VocaLink, says it processed over one million account enquiries in October as customers feeling the economic downturn keep a watchful eye on their money.
11 November 2008
US online person-to-person lending exchange Prosper has stopped accepting new loans as it looks to register its business with federal regulators.
17 October 2008
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