Archive for 2007
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 […]
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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 […]
Posted in Mint.com, Mobile Banking, kiva.org, wesabe, Online Finance, mobile payments, online banking, Google, p2p, banks | 1 Comment »
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 […]
Posted in Mobile Banking, iphone, Bank of America | 9 Comments »
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 […]
Posted in small business, Online Finance, facebook, Bank of America | 2 Comments »
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 […]
Posted in wesabe, Mint.com, buxfer, amazon payments, banks | No Comments »
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 […]
Posted in HSBC, Bank of America, online banking | 2 Comments »
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 […]
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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 […]
Posted in Mint.com, Personal Finance Management, PFM | No Comments »
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 […]
Posted in micro-finance, kiva.org | No Comments »
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, […]
Posted in Mobile Banking, mobile payments, Bank of America | 1 Comment »
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