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Archive for 2007

IRS Plans to Launch My IRS Account

Monday, November 12th, 2007

As reported by the Federal Computer Week, the IRS has plans to launch “My IRS Account” next year:
My IRS Account will initially let taxpayers look at three years’ worth of their tax data history.
IRS’ goal is to have an online, secure set of self-service applications for taxpayers to deal with IRS similar to functions […]

Online Banking Needs a Technology Jolt

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Online banking is in a precarious position these days. The Web-based, rich internet application revolution of Web 2.0 is here to stay, while online banking remains stuck in decade-old technology. It lags far behind even more traditional mainstream Web applications in interaction design, speed, ease of use, and capability. It’s no wonder that several new […]

Bank of America Touts its Mobile Banking as iPhone App

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

In a move sure to set a precedent, Bank of America is the first banking application featured on Apple’s iPhone App directory.
Here’s their intro:
Bank of America Mobile Banking is available to all Online Banking customers. With Mobile Banking you can use your iPhone or iPod touch to easily and securely check your balance, pay your […]

Bank of America Small Business Online Community Goes Live

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

On the heals of launching its Online Business Suite of products, Bank of America has just launched perhaps its biggest push for the hearts and minds of small business owners. The new Small Business Online Community — with the unfortunately long URL http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/ — is a place for any small business owner to […]

Interview with Shashank Pandit, Co-Founder of Buxfer

Monday, October 8th, 2007

Buxfer is a start-up with the stated mission of helping you “track your money, effortlessly.” It started innocently enough as a simple script developed by Co-Founder Ashwin Bharambe to track expenses among his college friends at Carnegie Mellon. But after some prodding from friends and inspiration from their soon-to-be angel investor Paul Graham at Y […]

HSBC Bank Malta Launches Redesigned Site with Cutting Edge Security

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

The new HSBC Malta website is not your average redesign. It also introduced a new security procedure with a new login device that you carry with you. If you’ve logged in remotely to most corporate networks, you’re already familiar with the drill. To login, you not only need your regular credentials but the random number […]

Quicken’s Blog is Dead

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Blogs have become the way companies not only tout their product, but solicit feedback and new ideas. So what to make of the demise of Quicken’s official blog.
The blog by the Quicken Personal Finance Software Team was launched on June 5, 2005 and abruptly stopped on October 13, 2005 after the release of 2 patches […]

Mint.com Personal Finance Manager is Live

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

A real treat on many levels, from design to functionality, this newcomer let’s you track all your money in real time. (It was just featured in TechCrunch 40.) It employs some fancy logic (Yodlee, perhaps) to access your external bank and credit card account information using the same online username/password you use to access their […]

Kiva.org: Will Lend for Good Cause

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Thanks to amazing publicity, the last Kiva.org business in need of a loan is this man….:

Kiva.org has that rare problem that most banks would love: they’ve run out of businesses to lend to. But unlike traditional banks, no businesses to lend to means there’s fewer people in need. Cause you see, Kiva.org is in the […]

M-Com: Mobile Banking Done Right

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

M-Com is a New Zealand-based technology company that boasts in “building and deploying the world’s best mobile banking and mobile payment solutions.” And by all accounts, they’ve succeeded. Taking a look at their featured deployment for ANZ bank in New Zealand, the feature set looks head and shoulders above anything else on the market.
For starters, […]





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