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Paul Penrose

Paul Penrose Head of Research at Finextra

HP boxes clever...not

HP has dedicated a fair amount of corporate Web space to promoting it's environmentally-friendly 'Green Giant' credentials. So I'm assuming this report from the Register is some kind of elaborate joke: "HP shatters excessive packaging world record". The accompanying picture story details how one amazed Reg reader took receipt of a very ...

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You won't get that through there....

Adequate access for over sized vehicles to drive through ATM's is clearly an issue in Texas. As this patron of the Texas State Bank discovers a little too late. Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF7SOZoiFJA Pictures - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGMtkmEeGDk&feature=related Apparently nobody was hurt, not physically anyway! ...

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Sriram Natarajan

Sriram Natarajan Risk Dog at Credit Risk Fraud Cards Professional

Buddy, can you spare me a Billion?

It is amusing to see how the banking industry is snorting in relief that Citi Bank declared a 2Q 08 loss of 'only' $ 2.5 Billion. Things have come to such a pass that a bank like IndyMac going under has only elicited marginal interest. Just as social scientists declare '40 is the new 30', the banking gurus seem to say 'Billion is the new million'...

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Steve Ellis

Steve Ellis Founder at Finextra Research

Insight into Wells Fargo's experiences with social media

Everyone likes a good case study - Tim Collins, SVP Experiential Marketing at Wells Fargo is interviewed in this podcast (with supporting PPT site images) by Pepper & Rogers. I'd like to hear more examples like this - but who should Finextra interview?

/retail Finance 2.0

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Running to the bank.

I imagine there's a bit of fund juggling going on at banks across America. Given that only the first $100k is covered by federal deposit insurance it would be wise to spread your cash across a number of financial institutions to maintain insurance coverage in the event of a collapse of an individual institution. Australia is not immune to the rec...

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Don't forget your ATMs .....again

This high implementation cost could be put down to the fact that the PSD will impact multiple banking channels in subtly different ways, making the overall process incredibly complex. Because of this, there is a concern that some channels will be neglected - past implementations of regulatory initiatives have shown that the ATM is often left until...

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Is the iPhone about to take off for banking?

I'm posting this partly to illustrate another small change we've made to the site - in that you can now clearly see a reference to the original item if you've commented on a Finextra news or feature item. And of course I get to bang on some more about the iPhone. Commenting on Finextra content If you want to comment on a news or feature item you...

/retail Finextra site news

Matt White

Matt White North America editor at Finextra

Forgot to buy a wedding gift? Please insert card

A Tel Aviv wedding hall has come up with a novel way of ensuring guests don't forget to leave the bride and groom a gift. Gan Oranim hall has installed an ATM style device that lets guests insert their credit cards and enter the amount they want to give the couple. The machine then prints out a deposit slip with the guest's name which can be inser...

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Paul Penrose

Paul Penrose Head of Research at Finextra

Egg looks fragile as Citi begins sell-off

Citi's decision to offload its profitable retail business in Germany could mark the start of a major re-alignment for the US bank's vast overseas network. Citi has announced plans to shed $400 billion of non-core assets over the next three years in an effort to rebuild profitability and shrug off recent losses. The German retail operation was the ...

/retail Finextra50 fintech index

Paul Penrose

Paul Penrose Head of Research at Finextra

Bloomberg, PayPal and Bank of America tune in to iPhone

Hats off to Bloomberg (financial fundamentals), PayPal (P2P payments) and Bank of America (mobile banking) for being ready on day one of the launch of Apple's AppStore on iTunes for iPhone widgets. But a big thumbs down to the rest of the financial services industry for such a tardy response. For an overview of some of the more interesting (non-...

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