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DNB argues against cashless future

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) has spoken out against the possibility of a “cashless future” in a bulletin posted on its website.

Akbank launches online video banking

Akbank, Turkey’s third largest lender by assets, has extended its online banking service to include HD video calling, linking customers at home with bank employees.

Loyalty is the biggest challenge for banks in 2013 – Temenos and Deloitte

Global financial institutions see retaining the loyalty of more demanding and better informed customers as their biggest challenge of 2013, according to a report from Temenos and Deloitte.

Customers’ happy swapping personal data for benefits – Infosys

Bank customers around the world are happy for their personal data to be used by their bank in return for targeted offers and other rewards, according to a study from Infosys.

GoBank moves to the mass market

GoBank, an online only subsidiary of Green Dot Bank, has announced it is now open to the mass market.

Barclays to sell customers data from autumn 2013

Barclays has announced it intends to begin selling its customers anonymous data on to other companies from October 2013.

Prepaid cards to top $800bn by 2017

The prepaid market has continued to grow both in emerging markets and in the developed world. Billy Bambrough spoke to Matt Lanford of…

Co-op will offer shares to plug £1.5bn hole

The Co-op Bank, part of the UK mutual the Co-op Group, has announced it’s plan to fill the £1.5bn ($2.3bn) hole in its balance sheet by issuing shares on the stock market.

Getin Bank rolls out fingerprint biometrics in branches

Getin Bank, the Polish retail arm of Getin Noble Bank SA, has announced it will be using fingerprint biometrics in it’s Getin Up branch network.

CommBank launch online support forum

Commonwealth bank of Australia (CommBank) has announced it is to launch an online forum called Support Community as part of a wider website revamp.