Mary Wisniewski is deputy editor of BankThink. She also writes on a variety of subjects as part of American Banker's bank tech team. Previously, she was a blogger and editor at Bank Innovation. She also served as a fashion editor for National Jeweler, where she reported on fashion shows and jewelry news. Her work has also appeared in Billboard, Cracked and a number of business media outlets. Mary grew up in the Michigan suburbs and now lives in L.A. with a maltipoo, two record players and an espresso machine. Mary is endlessly curious and follows anything that grabs her. Current interests include fintech, literature, travel, good conversation, Cat Stevens and Gidget.
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Angling to better engage branch customers, First Victoria National Bank has started to film rapping tellers and singing customers and post the videos on its YouTube channel.
November 16 -
Wallaby Financial and Glyph have released mobile apps that help consumers decide how to pay at checkout. Banks can take part by making sure their cards have rewards and pricing that put them at the top of the list.
November 16 -
Chase has unveiled a new mobile app that helps people research homes they want to buy.
November 14 -
Many credit unions and a few banks are opting for Visa's version of the mobile wallet.
November 13 -
An idea contest led First National Bank of South Africa to introduce a highly successful fuel rewards card. That's just the beginning.
November 12 -
It's a mobile world, and more and more consumers are hoping to use their devices to take care of their banking business. Indeed, new research shows that 80% of those surveyed say mobile banking is important.
November 8 -
Research from Keynote Systems gives Chase the highest marks for mobile banking out of 15 banks.
November 6 -
Kony and Harland Financial Services are among the early fintech leaders throwing their support to Microsoft's new operating system.
November 6 -
The Open Data Center Alliance, an independent IT consortium, and TM Forum, a global, non-profit industry association announced Thursday their joint effort of publishing a suite of documents outlining requirements for Compute Infrastructure as a Service (ClaaS).
November 2 -
Fortumo announced Wednesday that its mobile payments offering supports Windows 8, Microsoft's new operating system for desktop, laptop and tablet.
November 2 -
A new report published Thursday by Celent gives Bank of America first place for the account opening experience in its branches.
November 1 -
Banks like Huntington Bancshares and Mercantile Bank of Michigan have no immediate plans to upgrade to Windows 8 internally, which is a typical stance of businesses toward enterprise upgrades.
October 30 -
More than one third of commercial bankers are conducting manual data entry for tasks that ought to be mandated, according to a survey released Monday.
October 29 -
Numerix, an analytics software company, plans to use Microsoft's cloud platform, Windows Azure, for more of its offerings.
October 29 -
Microsoft's new operating system and tablet officially launches today. ING Direct in Canada already has a tablet and desktop banking app for Windows 8; Bank of America and USAA are developing them.
October 26 -
Five tips and observations from execs at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, CEB Financial Group and First Tennessee Bank made during the SAP Financial Services Forum held in New York this week.
October 25 -
When Northeast Bancorp decided it wanted to develop a national customer base, it launched a division within its 10-branch banking unit that would be online only and go by another name: ableBanking.
October 25 -
Discover Financial Services (DFS) updated its iPhone mobile app last Wednesday to include reward redemption functionality for its partner gift cards, electronic gift certificates and Discover gift cards.
October 22 -
BankersLab and ACA International are launching gamified simulation training tools targeted toward collectors and risk professionals.
October 19 -
New online lender NetCredit originates personal loans with high interest rates.
October 17