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July 14, 2009

The Amazon Payments Prize for 2009

Tags » Amazon Payments, Amazon Web Services, ECommerce Payments  » Comments (0)

AWS-Startup-Challenge.jpgAmazon Web Services 2009 Startup Challenge includes a prize from Amazon Payments for the AWS Start-Up Challenge finalist with the most creative monetization strategy and use of Amazon Payments solutions. Winner of the Amazon Payments prize will go home with $10,000 in combined cash and Amazon Payments credits. Details here.

Fiserv Says Four of Five Online Households Use Online Banking

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fiserv_logo.gifFiserv says that more than two million U.S. households adopted online banking and bill payment during the last year, according to a recent consumer survey. "A total of 69.7 million households, representing four out of five households with Internet access, now use online banking services, primarily to access balance and account history and transfer money between accounts. In addition, 64.4 million households pay at least one bill online, either at a bank website or directly at a company website." READ MORE

What You Don’t Know About M-Pesa

Tags » Africa, M-PESA, Mobile Payments, Money Transfer, Remittances  » Comments (0)

M-Pesa_logo-140px.jpgOver on CGAP's Technology Blog, Olga Morawczynski, a doctoral candidate at the University of Edinburgh, writes about Kenya's M-Pesa and what most of us don't know about M-Pesa. She credits much of its success not to the usual suspects we've heard about but rather to Sagentia, a technology consultancy firm based in Cambridge. As often happens with innovations, it was the small dedicated team working with the two big players that provided the focus to get things done!

A Look at Remote Deposit Capture for Small Businesses

Tags » Banking Industry, Checking Accounts  » Comments (0)

RDC.gifIn an article title "Not-So-Personal Banking", Laura Lorber writes for the Wall St. Journal about more small businesses avoiding trips to the bank to deposit checks they've received - instead using remote deposit capture to transmit an image of the check electronically to their bank.

Remote deposit capture is the equivalent of the electronic draft capture POS terminal that moved the credit card world from paper to electronics over 20 years ago - finally coming to the world of checking. One of the implications of RDC, of course, is that the local bank branch becomes less important. Said differently, banks can now market services to small businesses outside of their branch footprint.

When Shopping for a Bank - Consumers Value Brand Image Highest

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JDPower_logo-140px.jpgThe new J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Retail Bank Shopping Study finds that, when selecting a retail bank, shoppers place the most importance on the bank’s brand image. The study finds that 36 percent of a shopper’s selection decision is driven by the bank’s brand image, while branch proximity (21%) and products and services (14%) also considerably influence which bank shoppers ultimately choose. READ MORE

Prosper's SEC Registration Declared Effective

Tags » p2p - Person to Person Lending, Prosper  » Comments (0)

Prosper.pngYesterday, Prosper announced the successful completion of its registration process with the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). As a result, Prosper's peer-to-peer (P2P) loans marketplace "has resumed for borrowers nationwide and lenders in 14 states with others soon to follow. Prosper is the first Internet auction-based P2P loans platform to have its registration statement declared effective by the SEC — a move that marks a significant breakthrough for the P2P lending industry." READ MORE

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