Top 5 Banks #Winning Social Media
EXCLUSIVE - For all the talk about appealing to millenials, not that many banks or FIs out there have figured out social media. Sure, most of them (if not all) use various social media platforms such...
View ArticleWhat the Sale of Baidu’s Banking Unit for $1.9B Says About the Future of...
Like everything in China, the purchase of Baidu‘s financial services unit by TPG Capital Management LP and Carlyle Group LP today is a big deal. It is also a deal that will require a big effort by the...
View ArticleFacebook Goes Hard at Blockchain
Facebook has formed a team to tackle blockchain initiatives. And it has put the former PayPal President David Marcus in charge of the effort. Marcus's involvement implies that the blockchain effort...
View ArticleHow Marcus by Goldman Sachs’s Marketing Campaigns Are Designed
Marketing for financial services is more than simply acquiring new customers with pretty packaging and cool Snapchat filters. Dustin Cohn, who heads brand marketing for Marcus by Goldman Sachs, said...
View ArticleInstagram Gets Into E-Commerce Business With Checkout Tool
After years of ogling beautiful images of food, fashion and design on Instagram, people will now be able to buy things they see and like directly through the app -- providing instant gratification for...
View ArticleVenmo Revenue Growth Exceeds Analysts’ Predictions for Q1
PayPal's P2P service Venmo has exceeded analysts' first-quarter estimates in two key areas: annual revenue run rate and number of users, according to statements from PayPal's Q1 earnings call on...
View ArticleThree key takeaways from Facebook’s payments efforts
To get a snapshot of Facebook‘s payments ambitions, you need to look beyond its digital currency aspirations. While Facebook’s digital currency project Libra has been the focus of recent media...
View ArticleInstagram Gets Into E-Commerce Business With Checkout Tool
After years of ogling beautiful images of food, fashion and design on Instagram, people will now be able to buy things they see and like directly through the app — providing instant gratification for...
View ArticleVenmo Revenue Growth Exceeds Analysts’ Predictions for Q1
PayPal's P2P service Venmo has exceeded analysts' first-quarter estimates in two key areas: annual revenue run rate and number of users, according to statements from PayPal's Q1 earnings call on...
View ArticleThree key takeaways from Facebook’s payments efforts
While Facebook’s digital currency project Libra has been the focus of recent media attention, the social media giant is making a major e-commerce payments play, with a focus on using Instagram and...
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