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Wesabe, an online personal finance aggregation portal, has raised $4 million in a series a funding round led by new investor Union Square Ventures (USV) and including existing investor O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures.
20 June 2007
US person-to-person lending platform Prosper and business news provider Forbes have both developed virtual applications designed for users of online social networking site Facebook. Meanwhile in the UK the Cooperative Bank has launched its own profile on MySpace.
25 May 2007
Japan 's Mizuho Bank is launching a new service that will enable its customers to receive unsecured personal loans via its ATMs.
20 March 2007
Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank is launching a pre-paid Visa payment card designed for public sector organisations that can be used to deliver welfare payments.
14 March 2007
The UK's Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) has installed CRM technology from Experian which provides an up-to-date risk assessment of all customers and highlights any changes in financial status. The implementation comes amid rising concerns among banks about high levels of personal debt and the impact of individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs) on credit quality.
05 January 2007
Personal finance Web site The Motley Fool has launched an online share dealing service for UK investors.
08 December 2006
UK bank Lloyds TSB is launching a new savings scheme that automatically rounds-up customer spending on debit cards to the nearest pound and routes the extra cash into a savings account.
05 December 2006
Almost one in ten Britons believe that they have fallen victim to identity theft, according to a new survey.
09 August 2006
Danish payments body Payment Business Services (PBS) has inked a deal to provide card payment processing services to HandelsFinans, a subsidary of French consumer credit group LaSer.
03 August 2006
Russian Standard Bank has ordered 1100 Persona ATMs and 150 cash-dispensing units from US-based NCR Corporation which it is using to expand its personal loans business at retail outlets.
15 June 2006
Jordan-based Cairo Amman Bank (CAB) has teamed with Dublin-based retail banking technology vendor CR2 to provide customers with an 'instant loan' facility at its ATMs.
12 June 2006
UK high street bank Lloyds TSB has lauched an online loan service that gives Web banking cutomers an instant decision and instant access to the funds if they are approved.
02 June 2006
Akbank, Turkey's largest privately owned bank, has implemented Fair Isaac's decisioning technology to support a new service that allows customers to apply for mortgages and loans using their mobile phones.
18 May 2006
Chelsea Footbal Club has launched a new Web portal that will provide its 3.8 million fans with information on savings and investments and access to independent financial advice.
02 May 2006
UK banking systems vendor Misys says it has ended talks with potential buyers of Sesame, its IFA services network, after failing to agree a price for the business.
30 March 2006
UK life, pensions and mortgage systems firm Vertex is to acquire financial adviser software business 1st Group for a maximum £38.5 million.
09 February 2006
Investment management software vendor DSTi has acquired UK pensions planning and calculations firm Pensions and Acturial Services (PAS), as part of its strategy to develop comprehensive Wrap admin services for financial advisors.
06 February 2006
Axa France, BNP Paribas, HSBC France and Société Générale are to create a joint platform for employee savings plan administration in France.
02 February 2006
Over 80% of UK independent financial advisors (IFA) are processing new business electronically, but the majority have yet to maximise the benefits of automation, according to a survey conducted by IFA portal operator The Exchange.
18 October 2004
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