Latest Social media News: Finextra Research

ESignal integrates Market Prophit social media analytics

Interactive Data-owned eSignal is set to give its users direct access to Market Prophit's social media sentiment and buzz indicators.

03 June 2014

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QuickCoin integrates bitcoin wallet with Facebook

US startup QuickCoin has launched a bitcoin wallet app that lets users send the crypto-currency to their Facebook friends.

27 May 2014

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Singapore's OCBC lets customers send money to Facebook friends

Riding the rails of Singapore's new real-time payments service, OCBC Bank has added a feature to its mobile app that lets users send money to friends via Facebook, e-mail and text message.

12 May 2014

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Amazon links Twitter accounts to shopping basket

Amazon UK customers can now order items they see on Twitter by tweeting their shopping basket.

06 May 2014

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In latest Twitter tirade, Agrawal threatens to share PayPal boss Marcus's texts

Former PayPal director of strategy Rakesh "Rocky" Agrawal has stepped up his war of words with the company's senior management, threatening to share personal text messages from president David Marcus.

06 May 2014

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CaixaBank launches Facebook app

Spain's CaixaBank has unveiled an app that lets customers check their bank balances and make transactions through Facebook.

06 May 2014

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Live: Finextra Future Money

Welcome to the Finextra Future Money liveblog where we'll be keeping you abreast of all the news and views as leading figures from the fintech world gather at Level39 in Canary Wharf to explore the new wave of innovation sweeping across the financial services sector.

30 April 2014

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Lenddo delves into credit card applicants' social media data

Startup Lenddo has launched a 'social network' credit card in Colombia that will see applicants approved or declined based on their reputations on Facebook and Twitter.

28 April 2014

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FNB faces Twitter backlash after joke bombs

First National Bank's Twitter guy has spent the day issuing grovelling apologies after a bomb-related joke blew up in his face.

22 April 2014

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ANZ chief Smith puts social media at the heart of the bank's future strategy

ANZ chief executive Mike Smith has committed to making social media engagement and digital services a "key business priority" for the Australian bank over the next three years.

16 April 2014

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Twitter acquires social media sentiment tracker Gnip

Twitter has acquired Gnip a provider of aggregated social media content which is used by hedge funds, banks and signal providers to assess market sentiment and conduct analytics.

16 April 2014

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Facebook seeks European e-money license for remittance play

Facebook is just 'weeks away' from getting an e-money license in Ireland that would allow its users to hold and exchange money on the social networking site, according to the Financial Times.

14 April 2014

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Barclaycard US taps Facebook for female financial literacy campaign

Barclaycard US is giving women the chance to win $10,000 as part of a Facebook financial literacy campaign marking Women's History Month.

14 March 2014

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@AskNationwide goes 24/7; overhauls Web presence

Nationwide Building Society has become the first high street financial services provider in the UK to offer its customers 24/7 Twitter coverage, answering their questions and queries, as well as providing customer service information and support around-the-clock.

11 March 2014

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The ups and downs of @GSElevator: Twitter gossip loses book deal

The man behind the @GSElevator Twitter account has lost his six-figure book contract in the wake of revelations that he never actually worked for Goldman Sachs.

07 March 2014

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Bloomberg adds social sentiment analytics to trading terminal

Bloomberg has added social sentiment analytics to its Professional desktop tool to provide traders with an early heads-up on market-moving Twitter trending topics.

03 March 2014

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ANZ appoints head of digital and social media strategy

ANZ has appointed a former publishing executive to a newly-created position to lead the bank's social and digital media strategy.

28 February 2014

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@GSElevator unmasked: He doesn't work for Goldman Sachs

Lloyd Blankfein and co can breathe a sigh of relief after @GSElevator, the mysterious Tweeter who posts snippets of supposed overheard conversations from Goldman Sachs lifts, was unmasked by the New York Times. The culprit does not work for the bank.

25 February 2014

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ANZ celebrates Mardi Gras with GAYTMs

Oz bank ANZ has commissioned artists to make its cash machines more fabulous, turning them into 'GAYTMs' for the Sydney Mardi Gras festival.

24 February 2014

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Thomson Reuters adds Twitter and news sentiment analysis to Eikon

Thomson Reuters has added Twitter and news sentiment analysis to its flagship Eikon desktop product to help traders make sense of vast amounts of market moving data.

03 February 2014