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Spain's la Caixa is bidding to boost take-up of its online broker service with the launch of a social network for investors, a range of new interactive tools, and revamped mobile and tablet apps.
08 November 2013
Starbucks has teamed up with Twitter to launch a service that lets users tweet their followers and friends a virtual gift card that can be used instore to pick up a coffee.
28 October 2013
Texan tweeter Chase Giunta says that Twitter has taken away his @Chase handle and given it to JPMorgan Chase.
09 October 2013
London-based online money transfer service Azimo has secured more than $1 million in a seed funding round led by e.ventures as it prepares to expand into Europe.
30 September 2013
HSBC is Britain's most engaged bank on social media, using the likes of Twitter and Facebook to provide prompt customer service, according to research from IMGroup.
27 September 2013
In a twist on the mentor relationship, University of Miami students are preparing to take senior Citi bankers under their wings, teaching the suits about social media and digital technologies.
India's ICICI Bank has launched a Facebook app that enables customers to send money to friends through the social network.
24 September 2013
Facebook has embarked on a limited roll out of a new feature that enables users to automatically enter their payment details for mobile shopping by simply using their social network log-in credentials.
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
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