Posts from the ‘banking’ Category
We have received many compliments on our XConnect logos – but we can’t take all the credit for it. The man behind the designs is Karim Awad of big time design and communication inc. – a design and development agency. big time design really considers your needs and applies feedback wonderfully. big time, thanks for [...]
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XConnect aims to discover and generate knowledge on how emerging applications of technologies including social media are impacting various industries. With each series, we spend weeks interviewing, researching and taking part in collaborative discussions with industry wave makers. To polish off each XConnect series, we will be producing a brief report that compiles some of [...]
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On February 15 2012, we had the privilege of hosting seven great panelists at our Social Media Week (Toronto) event: BankConnect. Thank you to everyone who attended and made this event the success that it was. And a special thank you to our presenting sponsor: ING DIRECT. If you haven’t already, please take a moment to fill [...]
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This is the last submission in our series on banking and new media (including social media, mobile and consumer technology). Next week we aim to release our BankConnect Report as well as our BankConnect video. Both of these will be released here so keep your eyes open for them. We have released photos from our [...]
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Host: Karim Kanji Producer: HarthTV Fahad Kamr has led an interesting life so far. His previous work with Razorfish allowed him hone his teeth with one of the world’s largest interactive agencies. And his work with Vulcan allowed him to not only work with major league sports franchises but also directly with Vulcan founder and [...]
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When you talk about banking online, mobile banking apps and tweeting to your bank, you are still communicating to some kind of institution, with a person that could, if you wanted, swipe your tiny little plastic card or take some bits of paper from you and call it money. With Google Wallet, the already arbitrary [...]
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BankConnect (#BCTO) culminated last Wednesday night at the ING DIRECT Café with a vibrant panel of the industry’s rock stars, moderated by personal finance sage, Globe and Mail writer and sometime television guest expert, Preet Banerjee. Joining him on the panel was Daniel Shain of Finzi.com, Fahad Kamr from Stocial, Debbie Dimoff of PwC, Mark [...]
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Later today we will all have the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion on banking and social media. One of the participanats on this panel is Finizi founder, Daniel Shain. Since launching its live online GIC purchase engine across Canada in September 2011 www.finizi.com, has been hard at work planning for the hectic RRSP season. [...]
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Tomorrow we will be hosting The BankConnect panel event in Toronto. We hope you have enjoyed our essays and shows over the past few weeks. If not, head over to how social media is impacting the banking industry here in Canada. On tomorrow’s panel you will have the opportunity to listen to our esteemed guests. One of [...]
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Along with the TD-sponsored and TD-created social networking links come the less official, client directed pages. As with any consumer created page, there are positive and negatives sides to the online social profile of financial institutions. On the positive side, there is Banktwits.com, a “customer service interface,” which “lets you read and submit bank related [...]
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