Posts Tagged web 2.0
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The Buzz: innovation by customer based design
Customer based design has long been a tenet of true innovation and disruptive growth. Worldwide, the view that innovation is the way to fight back in the recession has gathered significant momentum. Booz & Co has found that so far most companies are resisting the temptation to dip into the resea...
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Insurance 2.0
In the UK and US, car insurance is the most frequently purchased online financial services product. In Australia, it remains credit cards. Uptake of online car insurance is attributed to the price war that resulted from the proliferation of insurance aggregators in both overseas markets.Australia ha...
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Way to be Random SmartyPig!
As discussed earlier this week, SmartyPig will launch in Australia."Australia" was the answer to the SmartyPig US Twitter competition today. To see how SmartyPig uses social media to reach its target audience, check out today’s prize draw....
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SmartyPig aims to make saving social
ANZ will launch a localised version of the social media driven, US savings service SmartyPig in November. Aimed primarily at Generation Y, SmartyPig is a target driven savings program designed to encourage members to save towards a specific goal; be it a holiday, car or desired object. Children unde...
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Banking still outranks Facebook
Last month we put out a media release highlighting consumers are still spending much more time banking online than updating their Facebook page.You can view the full release here.Ash from Tektime Radio in Melbourne took the time to investigate, and in this podcast of the show we discuss everything f...
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Banking Review Podcast Episode 3
Last month I interviewed Forrester analyst G. Oliver Young for our podcast series. We discussed Young's recent report predicting global spending on Enterprise Web 2.0 will grow to $US4.6 billion by 2013.In this 14 minute interview Young makes the call that within five to ten years ALL corporations w...
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Enterprise & Web 2.0 for Financial Services
We've covered Web 2.0 challenges for banks in this blog quite a bit, which is why I'm looking forward to covering a dedicated full-day forum on the topic, being held by Online Banking Review in Sydney next Thursday.Speakers include local Enterprise 2.0 expert Ross Dawson, as well as industry represe...
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Interview with Wesabe CEO Jason Knight
As promised, the second interview in the Banking Review Podcast is with Jason Knight, co-founder and CEO of social personal finance website Wesabe.In this 15 minute interview we discuss the inspiration for Wesabe, the company’s future plans, and the growing Australian user base Wesabe is serving.A...
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Banking Review Podcast launch
Last week at our Online Banking Strategy forum I launched the Banking Review Podcast – a series of interviews with people with something interesting to say about the banking industry.The first interview is with James Gardner, head of innovation with UK bank Lloyds TSB. Please forgive the poor qual...
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Who’s afraid of Facebook?
Last week I blogged about social media and the large number of employees working for the major banks that are banned from using Facebook at work. Yesterday I heard from Facebook head of media sales Mike Murphy who was keynoting this year’s ad:tech conference.Murphy provided some sobering statistic...
