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News: Southwest joins the Cashless Airlines Move
Southwest Airlines is the latest airline to announce that it will no longer accept cash on its flights. The usual free snacks and beverages will still be there, but the items they charge for, like cocktails and energy drinks, can only be paid for with credit & debit cards as well as drink coupons. This may cause an issue for those that haven’t adopted credit or debit cards into their wallets yet.

Q&A: Would you use a Twitter clone inside of your FI?
J.B. D. recently asked the Banktastic community if we’d use a Twitter-like program inside our FIs for communication? Would something like Twitter or other networking applications be useful in your FI? Get the conversation going - share your thoughts!

News: HSBC Could Order 200,000 iPhones
Brad shared an article recently on Banktastic that discussed how HSBC is considering dropping the BlackBerry and picking up iPhones instead for its staff. This shows the significant impact that the iPhone has had on our mobile technology for a bank of this size to completely switch from the mainstream BlackBerry to the iPhone.

Brad Heading to San Antonio
Brad’s going to be speaking several times this weekend in San Antonio for the Texas Credit Union League. We wish him the best of luck on his several day trip and on his presentations!

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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!

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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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All of BanktatsicTV’s shows are available on iTunes now! Click here to access our podcast page to subscribe, or open iTunes and search “BanktasticTV.”

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Feel free to email comments or suggestions about “The Burst” to brad@banktastic.com, or post your thoughts on the Banktastic Community.

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-The Banktastics