Articles tagged with: facebook
First Data Corporation is now experimenting with a new real-world gifting app of its own on Facebook, eGift Social.
The First Data eGift Social app is basically a cool new way to send your friends real gift items (like an ice cream treat) from their favorite stores. In just a few easy steps you can send a gift and your friend will be notified on Facebook or by e-mail.
What is a social payment? Using a social network does not make it “social”, according to the interesting article written by Russ Jones on PAYMENTSVIEWS
Innova et Bella (I & B), a strategic consulting firm focused on innovation and competition, has released yesterday its 2010 worldwide ranking of banks on Facebook.
The result is based on a research conducted by I &B taking into considerations the first 100 financial institutions in the world.
One of the most important trends in the online/mobile world is the so-called real-time web. For several reasons in the banking world information delivery has been limited to non-real time updates. However since we are all becoming accustomed to the streaming capabilities of twitter, Facebook, RSS, etc will soon want similar delivery of financial info.
gWallet, a recently launched company that partners with both brands and game developers to bring users virtual currency offers, is launching a new format for offers. Called the Brand Bar, the offers to earn virtual currency appears in a bar across the top of a social game on Facebook.
Financial Institutions need to increase their usage of Social Media and engage in online conversations with their customers, as focus on social networking will be essential to their future over the next five years.
The 75 million monthly active users playing Zynga’s FarmVille have a now new way to buy virtual tractors and seeds; they’ll be able to “Pay With Facebook.”
Turbo Tax, maker of a popular tax preparation software, debuted a Facebook Connect Integration — Friends Like You — which creates a web of acquaintances allowing the user to see Facebook friends and others with similar tax issues and their reviews of Turbo Tax.
US regulatory body Finra has issued guidance to securities firms and brokers on the use of social networking Web sites such as facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to communicate with the public.
The successes of websites like Facebook are mere blips, but what comes after them will define how businesses are run in the future, according to finance experts.
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