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SEC greenlights use of social media for company news

Publicly-listed US companies can share market-moving information on Facebook and Twitter, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ruled.

03 April 2013

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New City watchdog to trawl Twitter for bad bank behaviour

The head of new City watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority has vowed to take a more proactive approach than his predecessors, monitoring social media sites like Twitter to sniff out illegal behaviour.

28 March 2013

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From Facebook to voice recognition and biometrics, ING Direct plans mobile future

ING Direct Canada is exploring the use of Facebook, spoken commands and voice biometrics for its next generation of mobile banking initiatives.

21 March 2013

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Chirpify lets users pay with Facebook comments

Chirpify has brought its in-stream commerce system to Facebook, enabling users to transfer money to each other by commenting on news feeds.

20 March 2013

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SEC moves to clarify social media rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission has sought to quell confusion among investment firms about the use of channels such as Facebook and Twitter for marketing communications by clarifying its social media rules.

18 March 2013

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Bitcoin Tipper lets users tweet virtual currency

Bitcoin Tipper, a service, that lets users send the virtual currency to friends through Twitter, has launched.

15 March 2013

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Foursquare signs Visa and MasterCard for check-in discounts

Location-based social networking outfit Foursquare has struck a deal with Visa and MasterCard that will see cardholders receive discounts for checking in at certain retailers.

26 February 2013

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MasterCard Mobile Payments Global Symposium - Live blog

Catch up with all the news from the MasterCard Mobile Payments Global Symposium at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday.

26 February 2013

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Nyse Technologies turns on social media hosepipe

Nyse Technologies is to start distributing social media sentiment statistics from vendor SMA through its SFTI Network and SuperFeed market data service.

14 February 2013

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Twitter chatter influences stock prices - survey

Share price volatility is affected by the chatter of public opinion on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook, according to UK financial professionals.

13 February 2013

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Anonymous preps Valentine's Day assault on Goldman

Goldman Sachs can expect plenty of Valentine's Day attention this year, but it won't be amorous, as hacktivist collective Anonymous gears up for an assault on the vampire squid's various social media accounts.

13 February 2013

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AmEx lets users tweet to buy

American Express is enabling customers to sync cards with their Twitter accounts and then make select purchases by tweeting hashtags.

12 February 2013

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DCM Capital auctions itself on line - starting bid £1

DCM Capital, provider of algorithmic sentiment analysis technology, put itself up for auction on its website today, with the tag line 'We're for sale'.

04 February 2013

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Facebook worms into wallets with plastic gift card

Facebook has launched a reusable gift card that people can buy on the social network and send to friends for use at specific retailers and restaurants.

01 February 2013

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First direct CEO explains app shortcomings to customers

First Direct CEO Mark Mullen has taken the unusual - and for a bank, refreshing - step of appearing in a video to apologise for the quality of the bank's mobile apps and to promise improvements based on customer feedback.

01 February 2013

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Facebook Q4 payments revenue flat

Facebook says fourth quarter revenues from its payments business were flat, as the move of users to mobile devices continues to hamper growth.

31 January 2013

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Citi CTO: Banks should 'do no harm'

Don Callahan, chief technology and operations officer at Citi discusses Google Wallet learning curves, his personal frustrations with banking and how banks should seek to 'make customers lives easier'.

30 January 2013

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Facebook commerce outfit Payvment shuts down

Social commerce outfit Payvment is shutting down its platform and offloading its 200,000 Facebook merchant customers to rival Ecwid.

28 January 2013

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US rulemakers set sights on bank social media activities

US supervisory agency the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has issued proposed guidance on the application of consumer protection and compliance laws to bank social media programmes.

23 January 2013

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Retail banks warned of social media marketing pitfalls

Despite spending a growing slice of their marketing budgets on social media activities, retail banking executives remain unclear about the value of the investment in the face of continuing consumer distaste for engaging with brands online, according to research commissioned by Pitney Bowes Software.

23 January 2013