Consumers, start your cell phones! Mobile banking services in the U.S. appear to be poised to triple by 2009 (Aite report), or to double by 2010 (Sybase …More...
While social or peer-to-peer lending isn’t new (in Internet time), what is new is the recognition Zopa received this month as the world’s “most threatening non-bank competitor.” …More...
Tired of making trips to the bank to stuff legal documents in a safe deposit box? Now consumers can lock up their important documents online, thanks to …More...
Starbucks reported last week on its ambitious plan to provide free Wi-Fi at more than 7,000 company-owned locations across the nation beginning this spring. That means you …More...
Reports this week illustrate the yin and yang of the exploding arena of mobile payments: one study suggests that mobile payments will grow to $22 billion by …More...
Move over Second Life. Kid-focused virtual worlds such as Club Penguin, Webkinz, and a string of site start-ups loom as the new and hot Web playgrounds for …More...
The mobile banking arena is heating up, and, just in time for the holidays, so too is the marketing push from banks to get people to use …More...
What’s your top most wished-for holiday gift? A new national survey suggests that Americans favor computers first, peace and happiness second, big screen televisions third, followed by …More...
“Getting away from it all” soon could become more difficult, thanks to an announcement by Alaska Airlines this week to test in-flight broadband service.
The search for pilot Steve Fossett, missing for more than two weeks after failing to return to a private airfield in southern Nevada, has now extended to …More...
Do big companies really care what people say on customer satisfaction surveys? Do the results trickle down past an analyst’s spreadsheet at corporate headquarters? Do companies actually …More...
Online headlines scream “More trouble in subprime mortgage,” while on the same page, banner ads tout “$300,000 mortgage for $995/month,” or “Bad credit OK.” So is …More...
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