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More about mobile money

I'm on holiday and ignoring nearly everything … almost everything … but not quite. Just found a couple more links about mobile money that are really interesting so couldn't help but post them. First, Fast Company has just produced a really good review of all things to do with mobile money: "Mobile payments system Boku…

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More about mobile money

I'm on holiday and ignoring nearly everything … almost everything … but not quite. Just found a couple more links about mobile money that are really interesting so couldn't help but post them. First, Fast Company has just produced a really good review of all things to do with mobile money: "Mobile payments system Boku…

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More about mobile money

I'm on holiday and ignoring nearly everything … almost everything … but not quite. Just found a couple more links about mobile money that are really interesting so couldn't help but post them. First, Fast Company has just produced a really good review of all things to do with mobile money: "Mobile payments system Boku…

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More about mobile money

I'm on holiday and ignoring nearly everything … almost everything … but not quite. Just found a couple more links about mobile money that are really interesting so couldn't help but post them. First, Fast Company has just produced a really good review of all things to do with mobile money: "Mobile payments system Boku…

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First O2-RBS Visa Cards, now Nokia Obopay Money

A year ago, I blogged about Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) announcing the intention to become an MVBO – a Mobile Virtual Banking Operator. The idea is to offer the mechanism for anyone to process mobile payments through the RBS payments system. The first result of this strategy is the announcement of O2, the mobile…

Tesco, Virgin, O2 and all … we don’t want your banks

Marketing week ran a fascinating survey of British citizens last month and their views about banking. The results find that most people don’t trust trusted brands with their money, and would rather stick with the banks. The survey sampled 1,716 UK adults and asked a series of questions, including… Which, if any, of the following…

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Tesco, Virgin, O2 and all … we don’t want your banks

Marketing week ran a fascinating survey of British citizens last month and their views about banking. The results find that most people don’t trust trusted brands with their money, and would rather stick with the banks. The survey sampled 1,716 UK adults and asked a series of questions, including… Which, if any, of the following…

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Tesco, Virgin, O2 and all … we don’t want your banks

Marketing week ran a fascinating survey of British citizens last month and their views about banking. The results find that most people don’t trust trusted brands with their money, and would rather stick with the banks. The survey sampled 1,716 UK adults and asked a series of questions, including… Which, if any, of the following…

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Tesco, Virgin, O2 and all … we don’t want your banks

Marketing week ran a fascinating survey of British citizens last month and their views about banking. The results find that most people don’t trust trusted brands with their money, and would rather stick with the banks. The survey sampled 1,716 UK adults and asked a series of questions, including… Which, if any, of the following…

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A brief review of (Oz) bank twittering

For some time, we've seen twitter emerge as a communications channel and wondered what it means for banks.  This morning, I gained a good insight as I was alerted to some dialogue between UBank, a division of the National Bank of Australia (NAB), and someone who made a comment about them. It all began with…

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