Thanks for checking out this episode of BanktasticTV’s “The Burst.” Here are some important notes about this episode:
News: Customer bank data found on computer sold on eBay
Apparently a computer that was sold on eBay had a ton of very sensitive customer information on it. The computer, property of Graphic Data, was not supposed to be for sale, and so an investigation has begun to determine how it ended up as a listing on eBay.
Q&A: Anybody want to recommend an online training program? Katie C. recently asked the Banktastic community for references for good online training programs. We’re bringing this question to The Burst so that we can get more responses for Katie. But Brad also had some thoughts on online training vs. in-person training. He sees online training comparable to something like online defensive driving, and says it’s easy for people to skim over something and not get proper instruction. Let us know what you think!
News: Quicken Beam Helps Consumers Keep Money in Their Pockets David G. shared with us an article discussing Quicken Beam, a new service that works on any cell phone or mobile device and is designed to give consumers instant access to their bank balances and recent activity. If you’ve checked it out, let us know what you thought about Quicken Beam by commenting on the blog!
Send Us Videos of Funny Bank Robbers
We all know that sometimes criminals just fail, and we really wanted to include clips of botched bank robberies in this episode, but we couldn’t find anything. If you know of a link you’d like to share with us, please do and we’ll be sure to include it in an upcoming episode of The Burst!
Do You like our Sidetracking?
A couple of times now we’ve covered some random and not necessarily banking-related information, and we want to know what you think. Are you interested in having us cover more random topics along with the latest and greatest in the financial industry, or would you rather us stay the course? Let us know by commenting on the blog!
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Thanks for checking out this episode of BanktasticTV’s “Blow Up Your Marketing.” Here are some important notes about this episode:
Word of Mouth Marketing
On this episode, Jeff and the some of the Creative Brand team got together to discuss word of mouth marketing. They discuss some of the 12 keys Andy Sernovitz’s laid out in his book aptly named Word of Mouth Marketing.
What are your thoughts on word of mouth marketing? Do you believe that any discussion about your brand is good, even if it’s negative discussion? Let us know what you think.
Also, the wonderful people at CBC has also setup a special prize for this episode! The first person that comments to this blog will receive a free copy of Andy Sernovitz’s book! If you are the first comment, please be sure to leave an email address so that we can contact you and get you your prize.
If you have any marketing topics you’d like to Jeff to cover in an upcoming episode, share your ideas with us by commenting on the blog.
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Thanks for checking out this episode of BanktasticTV’s “The CU Scoop” featuring Mark McSpadden. Here are some important notes about this episode:
Blog Starter Kit from Currency Marketing Tim McAlpine of Currency Marketing has been sharing the best of the best blogs out there and breaking them down for you on their blog. Tim’s posts are really going to help you stay connected to what’s going on in the financial industry by checking out the best blogs out there. This is a great chance to amp up your RSS reader, so start subscribing!
Premier Federal Credit Union’s Hot Dog Sale
Jeff recently posted on the CU Communicator blog about Premier FCU’s annual hot dog sale. This is a great example of a credit union reaching their members in a fun way. One of the coolest things about this post on the CU Communicator is that there’s a video to give you a behind the scenes look at how they assembled the event and how it all went down. Check it out!
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Thanks for checking out this episode of BanktasticTV’s “The Burst.” Here are some important notes about this episode:
Brad at Texas Bankers Association
Brad’s back this week from spending some time with members of the Texas Bankers Association at their recent HR & Training Conference. We may not have any videos to show you from Brad’s trip, but we embedded some pics in the video. If you want to check out more, go here.
News: Ohio bank learns hard lesson about trademark law
I shared an article that I found on The Financial Brand Blog regarding a big lesson learned by a very old bank. Ohio Valley National Bank has been in business for 120 years, but another area bank changed its name to Ohio Valley Bank, which it immediately trademarked. After the 5-year contest period passed and the original Ohio Valley National Bank failed to make a move, they lost the right to use their name and have been forced to change it. This was a tough lesson learned by the original bank about trademark law. Don’t let this happen to you!
We Need Guest Bloggers for Finovate 2008
Mark and I are headed to NYC to cover Finovate 2008 on October 14, 2008. We’re looking to cover this event like we covered FinovateStartup 2008, which means we’ll need a couple of good guest bloggers! I’ll be in charge of making sure that the content is posted to the Banktastic Blog as soon as possible during the event, so we’ll need some people willing to share their honest opinions on the presenters while I’m doing the dirty work. If you’re going to attend Finovate 2008 and are interested in guest blogging for us, just shoot an email over to lisa@banktastic.com.
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Thanks for checking out this episode of BanktasticTV’s “The CU Scoop” featuring Mark McSpadden. Here are some important notes about this episode:
Banktastic LinkedIn Group
Mark wanted to bring a little announcement from The Burst to The CU Scoop. David G., one of Banktastic’s awesome members, took it upon himself to create a group on LinkedIn for Banktastic! The group is growing, so join now and look for the Banktastics!
Filene Wants Your Feedback
If you’ve implemented some of Filene’s i3 ideas at your credit union, they want to hear from you! They recently made a call for feedback on their blog, so Mark wanted to help them out by spreading the word. Do them a favor and let them know what you think about their innovation ideas.
BancVue Stats
Jim Bruene posted an article on NetBanker recently that discussed the current status of BancVue and it’s popular rewards checking product. BancVue released a list of stats that show how well they’re doing. According to the stats, there are more than 13,000 new rewards checking accounts per week - that’s awesome! For a complete list of the stats, click here.
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Thanks for checking out this episode of BanktasticTV’s “The Burst.” Here are some important notes about this episode:
Banktastic LinkedIn Group David G., one of Banktastic’s awesome members, took it upon himself to create a group on LinkedIn for Banktastic! You can get to the group by clicking here, or search “Banktastic.com” in LinkedIn’s groups. We are super privileged to have members like David that do little things like this for Banktastic. David, you rock!
News: At Countrywide, One Overlooked PC Led to Loss of 2M Records
I shared news yesterday about an insider breach at Countrywide Home Loans. The company had sealed up all of the USB ports on employee computers, but they missed one. An employee caught the open USB port and began stealing customer information over the course of two years. The article discusses that closing off a port can be done with something as simple as glue, but that stronger measures, such as a registry hack, may need to be taken if you want to ensure that your company’s data won’t be transferred via USB ports.
Brad working with Texas Bankers Association
Brad was unable to join us this week as he was out of town working with Texas Bankers Association. As you know, TBA is the first private network to join on with Banktastic. We are super excited to have them on board! Brad has been attending one of their conferences to showcase the network this week, and he’ll have some great footage for us next week. Look forward to that!
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Thanks for checking out this episode of BanktasticTV’s “The CU Scoop” featuring Mark McSpadden. Here are some important notes about this episode:
Young & Free Comes to Texas!
Mark was contacted by Tim McAlpine from Currency Marketing on Sunday to announce that the very popular Young & Free Alberta campaign is coming to Texas! That’s right, Young Free Texas is here! To get some better insight into the new campaign, Mark got on the phone with Trey Reeme at TDECU, the credit union where Young Free Texas was launched, and got a great interview to share with you! We have a nice condensed version, and the whole enchilada below! To check out the condensed version, watch the episode at the top of the blog. And to catch the full-length interview with Trey, watch this video:
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Thanks for checking out this behind the scenes look at Bantkastic! Here’s a few notes about this video:
New Ideas & The Banktastic Screensaver
The Banktastics got together to give you all an insider look into one of our most infamous ideas, the Banktastic screensaver. We take you through our new ideas process and how we decide whether or not something gets put into the pipeline and what gets put in the “never ever never gonna happen” list.
If you like the idea of the Banktastic screensaver, comment on the blog and let us know! Maybe we can bring that idea back from the dead.
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Thanks for checking out this episode of BanktasticTV’s “The Burst.” Here are some important notes about this episode:
News: ATM Dispenses Double the Money Requested
A group of very lucky people in Scotland recently stumbled upon extra cash without even trying! An ATM belonging to Alliance & Leicester bank started dispensing double the money that was deducted from people’s accounts. This made for a frenzy that lasted about 30 minutes before the bank caught on and shut down the ATM. They lost several thousand pounds in that time period, but are considering asking that the money lost be returned.
Random News: Dog Clones!
We decided to take a detour for a moment to discuss something that Brad & I found interesting. A woman had a late pitbull of hers cloned and received the 5 puppy clones this past Tuesday. Apparently you, too, can clone your favorite pet for just $150,000. We justify this article in the episode above. Seriously.
News: Obopay an Grameen Team on Mobile Banking Initiative
Brad shared an article about Obopay & Grameen partnering up. The two are working to to provide banking services to a billion of the world’s poorest people by 2018. Here’s a quote from Finextra’s writeup on this partnership:
“Obopay and Grameen Solutions - the tech unit of the microfinance organisation - say the Bank A Billion initiative will provide access to financial services, including cross-border remittances, money transfer, payments, savings and credit accounts.”
This is a great initiative, and we look forward to watching it pan out!
New Feature: Become a Fan of Vendors
We know you might not always be able to provide a review for a vendor or its products, so we’ve given you the option to simply become a fan of a company! It’s really easy to get started, so head on over to the Vendors section and start getting your fan on.
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Thanks for checking out this episode of BanktasticTV’s “Blow Up Your Marketing.” Here are some important notes about this episode:
Who Are You Wrong For?
For the second episode of “Blow Up Your Marketing,” Jeff asks, “Are you trying to be everything to everybody?” Who do you think your FI just isn’t right for? Your brand has to know who you do and do not want to target and run with it.
Do you agree or disagree? Share your thoughts on the Banktastic Blog!
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