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some interesting conversations
There are some interesting conversations going on over at Marketing ROI. Specifically, the article “Required Reading for Credit Union Execs” talks about CU’s using the “anti-bank” concept a little excessively. As James Gardner says in his blog BankerVision, “Web companies that are anti-bank can be so with impunity only when their customers can identify readily [...]
Read moreStudy Finds Bank of America SiteKey Flawed
Site-authentication images are a simple anti-phishing concept for online banking. Each customer has a secret image (like a dog or wooden chair), which assures them that the web site they are logging on to is their legitimate online banking site. Since phishing sites generally consist of a fake login page used to steal customers’ login [...]
Read moreProsper’s API
Prosper has recently released a new API that enables developers to access all of their public information. In the past, you have been able to download all of Prosper’s listings, loans, bids, and user profiles but with this new API, they’ve opened the door to allow people instant access to this data. At first it [...]
Read moreBanker Spank
I’m sure this is getting blogged about everywhere, but check out Banker Spank. It’s the MAC vs PC ads for CU’s vs banks. Awesomely funny!
Read moreCAPS
No, I’m not talking about the drinking game, I’m talking about Motley Fool’s relatively new stock picking game called CAPS. The tagline for the program is “Investors helping investors beat the market.” If you haven’t tried it yet, you’re missing out. It is a very cooperative idea and is very Web2.0ish. No analysts telling you [...]
Read moreWhat would you do with your savings?
I think a creative credit union should help their members save and launch a similar campaign to what Volvo has done here. I know other CU’s and banks have done things like the My Ugly Room campaign. It’d be a perfect fit to do a savings campaign and have people vote online for the best [...]
Read moreInternet Explorer 7 Released
Internet Explorer 7 RTM (final) has been released. Grab it here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/default.mspx
Read moreThe Reality of Virtual Economies
In-game money is beginning to attract real-world tax attention. From the article: Second Life, for example, was specifically designed by San Francisco-based Linden Lab to have a free-flowing market economy. Its internal currency, the Linden dollar, can be converted into U.S. dollars through an open currency exchange, making it effectively “real” money. And it is [...]
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