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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

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TSB chief uses Twitter to blame HP server for IT meltdown

The CEO of TSB Bank has blamed an HP server failure for the meltdown which left Lloyds Banking Group customers unable to use debit cards and cash machines for several hours yesterday.

27 January 2014

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Saxo Bank launches social trading community

Denmark's Saxo Bank has unveiled an online social trading community where investors can share and discuss strategies.

23 January 2014

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Twitter said to near Stripe deal for e-commerce push

Twitter could finally be preparing to jump into the commerce arena through a deal with Stripe that would let it accept card payments for in-tweet payments, according to press reports.

17 January 2014

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Nedbank using social media to win over rival bank customers

South Africa's Nedbank is using social media analytics tools to win customers from rival banks by monitoring their chatter on popular forums such as Twitter and Facebook.

08 January 2014

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BofA offers to monitor Occupy protesters' social media activity for police

Bank of America offered up the services of its "social media trolling" team to US police last year, boasting that it could help gather intelligence on anarchists and Occupy Wall Street activists ahead of a planned demonstration.

07 January 2014

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ASB celebrates 100,000 Facebook 'Likes'

ASB is celebrating becoming the first bank in New Zealand to reach 100,000 Facebook 'Likes' with a special donation to the Starship Foundation as determined by its Facebook community.

13 December 2013

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RBC brings P2P transfers to Facebook Messenger

The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has added a feature to its iPad app which lets customers send money to their Facebook Messenger contacts.

11 December 2013

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Leeds Building Society site offers cash for saving stories

Leeds Building Society is asking Brits to tell their "saving stories" on a new dedicated Web site and promising to chip in to help meet the goals when tales are shared via social media.

02 December 2013

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'Punch bag' RBS fights back with proactive approach to social media

Its reputation in the gutter, the Royal Bank of Scotland has embarked on an aggressive, proactive social media programme designed to help win over disgruntled customers.

26 November 2013