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Bubblews: The Social Network That Pays Users To Post

The Realtime Report

With a minimum of 400 characters per post, social media users are encouraged to use the new “global community” to share their interests, feelings and passions — all while being paid to do so. Users collect their compensation in a “Bubblews bank,” and once a user reaches $50, he/she can cash out using PayPal.

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Why Online Banking on Mobiles Will Soar

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Since 2008, consumers have been moving from brick-and-mortar banking to online banking at an impressive rate. This trend is welcomed not only by consumers who like the convenience of anytime banking, but also by financial institutions that like to streamline operations and cut down costs. 1 method of banking.

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Bank Transfer Day

Laurel Papworth

One woman, Kristen, got miffed with banks and created Bank Transfer Day, November 5th 2011 which led to 600,000 people changing their bank to a credit union, 16% of business loans shifting to Mutuals/Credit Unions. Any bets as to when the banks start fighting back a la Fox News and Media? Bank Transfer Day.

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Australia: Social Media Marketing Job at Commonwealth Bank

Laurel Papworth

Commonwealth Bank are looking for a Social (Media) Marketing Manager – Any takers? Social Marketing Manager – Sydney. The Commonwealth Bank Group is one of Australia’s leading organisations providing integrated financial services to more customers than any other Australian bank.

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Jake's Take: A Slew of Social Network Ideas

Firebelly

» June 24, 2010 Jakes Take: A Slew of Social Network Ideas Almost everyone is aware of the major social networkingwebsites in existence. But did you know there’s a social network dedicated to people who like totravel to different baseball parks? Or even lovers of TheTyra Banks Show?

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Complete Guide to Social Media for Banks & Financial Institutions

Sprout Social

In fact, less than 11% of social messages receive a response. Looking at the banking and finance industry in particular, nearly half (46.4%) of incoming messages require a response. Bank of America, for example, added a brief disclaimer to the About section of its Facebook Page. Bank of America. However, only 13.4%

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Snapchatting loses top banker his job

Sherrilynne Starkie

A week after having a series of snaps reposted to Instagram , Royal Bank of Scotland announced tha t Chairman Rory Cullinan would be leaving the company. It seems the banking boss had used Snapchat to send his daughter some messages about how boring his job is. Coincidence?

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