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UK life assurance firm Friends Life has launched an online community designed to help employees across its corporate pension schemes gain a better understanding of their savings options.
06 September 2013
As the smartwatch craze gathers momentum, StockTwits has developed a widget that delivers trending stock information straight to Meta Watches.
A British Web developer has built his own steampunk ticker-tape machine which prints out tweets instead of stock prices.
23 August 2013
Virtual Piggy, a firm which helps kids safely manage their money online, has integrated with social game giant Habbo Hotel to enable players to buy virtual credits.
14 August 2013
ANZ chief executive Mike Smith has put his social media scepticism behind him and joined LinkedIn's global influencer programme.
02 August 2013
In a poll of 50 buy- and sell-side professional conducted by OneMarketData, more than half viewed social media data as a good opportunity to capture alpha on a daily basis.
26 July 2013
Chinese Web media behemoth Sina has outlined plans to start offering online banking services later this year, according to local media reports.
19 July 2013
Inter-bank co-operative Swift is to shut down its proprietary social network Swiftcommunity.net, after the forum failed to gain traction among users.
12 July 2013
Swiss fintech vendor Temenos has unveiled SocialComply, a social media monitoring and compliance tool designed to help financial institutions engage with customers while managing the associated risks.
11 July 2013
Bank of America has been accused of using a Twitter bot after its official customer service account reacted to a flurry of mocking tweets with what appear to be canned responses.
09 July 2013
Banks that fail to invest in mobile technology and crowdfunding platforms risk being swept away by a wave of disruptive innovation warn economists at US bank BBVA Compass.
04 July 2013
More than a third of European Internet users are already using mobile banking services, according to a survey from ING which also reveals cash is proving stubbornly popular among shoppers.
02 July 2013
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra) has begun carrying out spot checks on how brokerage firms use sites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
21 June 2013
Commonwealth Bank of Australia is to launch an online forum and information exchange where customers and bank staff can search for support and advice and engage in discussions for on-the-spot query resolution.
13 June 2013
Twitter is handing over $1 million in advertising credits to Chase small business customers as part of a wider partnership aimed at helping firms tap into the social network.
An investor relations site that aims to tackle the regulatory risks and workflow hassles accompanying the emergence of mobile and social media channels has been launched by PR Newswire.
06 June 2013
Nationwide Building Society experienced a crash course in the perils of social media advertising earlier this week when it found itself drawn into a row about the depiction of violence against women on Facebook.
31 May 2013
A Facebook poll conducted by Commonwealth Bank of Australia has provided fresh insights into customer perspectives of its online banking service, NetBank.
The use of social media by banks has 'plateaued', with the average spend stuck below EUR500,000 per annum, according to data from Efma and Wipro.
29 May 2013
NatWest is inviting customers to send a personalised video to remind friends and contacts about unpaid bills as part of a viral campaign to promote its mobile payments app.
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