Archive for Technology
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Thou shalt bank on an iPad
It’s been labeled “the biggest advance in bathroom reading technology in human history”, but jokes aside, has Apple just unveiled a device that will boost mobile banking? Or has Steve Jobs simply added to the growing number of screens we can stare at our bank balance from? The iPad, which l...
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Australian banks begin to embrace Twitter
ANZ is preparing to join UBank and RaboPlus in serving Australian customers via social networking platform Twitter. The bank has set up Twitter account @ANZ_responds which is labelled as “The customer response team for ANZ”.Since Online Banking Review set up this list of banks and bankers on Twi...
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The social barometer of our times
Reviewing the conversation on Twitter from Monday night’s 4Corners program reveals two distinct camps of viewers. Widely viewed and widely tweeted, the program tweet stream has achieved great reach into the online world. Interest in the program was so intense that the follow-on forum conversation ...
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The future for payments – we’ll discuss it at BarCampBank
If there’s one sector in banking that looks set to transform dramatically in the next few years it’s payments. The investors behind oneTXT and MoBank must agree, having gambled millions of dollars on start-ups seeking to capitalise on mobile and social network payments.The mobile & social ne...
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The Least Evil Bank in Australia – Episode 1
Episode 1 of Cameron Reilly's podcast, 'Why we hate banks' is now available.To listen the MP3 Audio at the end of the post or download to listen offline....
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What’s going on with mobile banking?
Mobile phone penetration in Australia has been stable for the past two years, with 92 per cent of the population owning a mobile phone according to research from Nielsen Media Group.As would be expected 94 per cent of Australians under 40 have a mobile phone. Those under 40 have the highest levels o...
