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Click-through Rate on Mobile Ads Higher than Desktop

Click-through Rate on Mobile Ads Higher than Desktop

Image from: Borys Shevchuk/Shutterstock In our quarterly survey of approximately 1,200 financial product owners – Compete’s Mobile FS Intelligence survey –...

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Use of Mobile Tap and Pay Will Double in the Next Year, but Mainstream Mobile Wallet Adoption is Far Off

Use of Mobile Tap and Pay Will Double in the Next Year, but Mainstream Mobile Wallet Adoption is Far Off

Photocredit: Paymentmax, Flickr. Last month, the stock prices of credit card networks jumped after Google announced the expansion of its Google Wallet. Google added...

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Mobile Wallet: Consumers Are Hesitant, but for Different Reasons

Mobile Wallet: Consumers Are Hesitant, but for Different Reasons

Photo credit: kennejima, flickr. I just searched the phrase “mobile wallet wars” in Google and it returned over 1.8 million results. Mobile wallet is officially...

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Mobile Intelligence: Where Mobile Adoption In Financial Services Stands Today

Mobile Intelligence: Where Mobile Adoption In Financial Services Stands Today

Image from Jakub Krechowicz/Shutterstock In our quarterly survey of approximately 1,200 financial product owners – Compete’s Mobile FS Intelligence survey –...

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Are Early Adopters of Mobile Banking Satisfied?

Are Early Adopters of Mobile Banking Satisfied?

When you follow the mobile wallet news, one of the first things you notice is that there is an enormous amount of investment in mobile banking services. It seems...

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Consumers Weigh In on the Digital Wallet

Consumers Weigh In on the Digital Wallet

Last week, search colossus Google announced that Google Wallet is in the works for the fall. With Google’s digital wallet, some shoppers will be able to use their...

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Nothing is Certain, Except Death and Taxes and Online Marketing

Nothing is Certain, Except Death and Taxes and Online Marketing

For most of us, tax season has come and gone. But there’s no need to be sad. As the old adage goes, it’ll certainly be back. Though the season has closed, we...

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Financial Services Firms on Facebook: We Like What We See

Financial Services Firms on Facebook: We Like What We See

Financial services firms have gotten a bad name when it comes to their social media efforts. I did a quick search on “social media and financial services.” While...

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Americans Plan to Save and Pay Bills, According to Compete 2011 Tax Survey

Americans Plan to Save and Pay Bills, According to Compete 2011 Tax Survey

Earlier this week, I received a letter from the Internal Revenue Service marked “official business.” I must admit I shook a little with apprehension. In turn,...

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Two Opportunities to Encourage Mobile Banking Adoption

Two Opportunities to Encourage Mobile Banking Adoption

Last month, Compete released the results of its Q3 2010 Smartphone Intelligence survey. One of the notable insights from the survey is that mobile banking usage...

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