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The UK's Nationwide Building Society has angered customers after withdrawing its OFX download facility, meaning users can no longer automatically update money management software and aggregator Web sites with their account information.
05 November 2009
A group of US financial services start-ups that use technology-based models to target customers disillusioned with traditional banks, has formed a lobby group calling for regulatory reform that promotes innovation.
21 October 2009
Mastercard is moving into the personal finance budgeting space with the launch of a Web-based tool that enables cardholders to categorise and monitor debit card spending. American Express meanwhile has launched a free online account aggregation and money management service.
15 October 2009
US banks seeking to rebuild trust among young "millennials" should tap blogs and social networks to improve communication, according to a Microsoft sponsored survey.
01 October 2009
BillShrink, an online service that gives users personalised recommendations on reducing their bills, has added a tool pointing people in the direction of the best savings accounts.
29 September 2009
Citi and Microsoft have joined forces to develop a personal finance management site that will take on Mint, the firm acquired by Intuit last month, according to Bloomberg.
28 September 2009
Despite the buzz surrounding outfits such as Wesabe and recently acquired Mint, just five per cent of Americans use personal financial management Web sites compared to the 50% still relying on old fashioned pen and paper to track their money.
23 September 2009
With the recession biting, JPMorgan Chase is rolling out an online service called Blueprint designed to help cardholders manage their spending and borrowing.
15 September 2009
Intuit is set to buy online personal finance outfit Mint in a deal worth around $170 million.
14 September 2009
The Commonwealth Bank has launched an interactive online competition aimed at encouraging teens to understand the value of money.
10 September 2009
The world's biggest handset manufacturer Nokia has teamed with Obopay to launch a mobile financial management and payments service targeted at unbanked people in developing countries.
26 August 2009
UK high street bank Lloyds TSB has launched an online hub for university students that offers tools and tips designed to help them manage their money.
21 August 2009
GTE Federal Credit Union is tapping social networking sites and signing up young people to blog and record videos about their finances to promote a new account for 12 to 22 year olds.
14 August 2009
San Francisco-based online personal finance outfit Mint has raised $14 million in a series c financing round led by Dag Ventures.
13 August 2009
Dutch bank ING is to follow in the footsteps of Spain's BBVA and implement personal financial management technology from US-based social benchmarking company Strands.
06 July 2009
Morgan Stanley and Citigroup will have to wait up to two years to gain the full benefit of their $14bn-a-year brokerage joint venture as the complexity of merging information technology systems delays integration, the FT reports.
15 June 2009
In the face of increasing competition from banks, brokerage firms and dedicated Web sites, Microsoft is scrapping its Money personal finance management software.
11 June 2009
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
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