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Friends Life opens social network for pension scheme members

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.

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StockTwits builds smartwatch widget

As the smartwatch craze gathers momentum, StockTwits has developed a widget that delivers trending stock information straight to Meta Watches.

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Ticker-tape machine prints tweets, not stock prices

A British Web developer has built his own steampunk ticker-tape machine which prints out tweets instead of stock prices.

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Virtual Piggy checks into Habbo Hotel

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.

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ANZ CEO Mike Smith becomes LinkedIn global influencer

ANZ chief executive Mike Smith has put his social media scepticism behind him and joined LinkedIn's global influencer programme.

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Capital markets participants bullish on social media data

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.

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China's Sina plans online banking service

Chinese Web media behemoth Sina has outlined plans to start offering online banking services later this year, according to local media reports.

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Swift draws a veil over failed community network

Inter-bank co-operative Swift is to shut down its proprietary social network Swiftcommunity.net, after the forum failed to gain traction among users.

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Temenos launches social media monitoring and compliance tool

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.

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Is @BofA_Help a bot?

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.

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Bank economists warn of disruptive threat from mobile and crowdfunding

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.

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Third of Europeans use mobile banking - ING survey

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.

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Finra carries out social media spot checks

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra) has begun carrying out spot checks on how brokerage firms use sites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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CommBank to launch Support Community as part of online overhaul

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.

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Twitter and Chase offer small businesses $1m in free advertising

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.

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Investor relations site tackles social media and mobile

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.

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Nationwide caught up in Facebook #fbrape campaign

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.

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CommBank polls Facebook friends for online banking feedback

A Facebook poll conducted by Commonwealth Bank of Australia has provided fresh insights into customer perspectives of its online banking service, NetBank.

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Social media spending by banks plateaus as interest wanes

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.

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NatWest creates personalised IOU site

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.