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Two recent news items that are of interest:

USAA announced that their popular Deposit@Mobile application is now available on the Android platform. The application allows for customers to make deposits by submitting an image of the front and back of endorsed checks via their mobile device.USAA’s iPhone application was launched last May, with the Deposit@Mobile being [...]

Bank Technology News announced it’s “Top 10 People of 2009″.
1. Secil Watson – Wells Fargo
It’d be easy to understand if Innovation were sidelined at Wells Fargo this year, given the recession and the massive IT project facing the bank – integrating Wachovia’s 3,300 branches and customers in 21 states. But under Secil Watson’s watch, online [...]

In an effort to cash in on the increasing trend of mobile banking, U.S. Bank launched Mobile Wallet, a comprehensive mobile banking application, on Tuesday. U.S. bank partnered with Qualcomm owned Firethorn Holdings, which provided the technology for the application.

If you look around at the different banks that are utilizing social media, outside of a few large banks, most success is coming from smaller community banks and credit unions. Despite not having the budget of a large national bank or the staff, the key to success lies in the strategic approach these smaller banks [...]

Big news out of the financial industry today. First reported by Silicon Alley Insider, and more recently confirmed by Mint CEO, Intuit – best known for Quicken, QuickBooks and TurboTax – has agreed to acquire Mint for $170 million.
Mint, the fastest growing free online personal finance service, launched two years ago and has been picking [...]

Welcome to iFinance! After searching and searching for an online resource sharing how financial organizations are implementing social media and emerging technology, I’ve finally realized that “if I want something done, I’ll have to do it myself”. Thus, iFinance was born!
Within this space, I hope to share information, ideas and examples of how financial organizations [...]