Author Archive: Rob Chapman

Competition is Cool for Consumers, Especially in Online Banking

Competition is Cool for Consumers, Especially in Online Banking

Banking fees: I hate them. More and more of these fees are getting added onto my banking statement and it is bothersome. It’s getting difficult to find a bank...

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Are Your Financials Minty Fresh?

Are Your Financials Minty Fresh?

In July, we posted a blog about the rising traffic of the finance sections of the major portals (e.g. Yahoo! Finance, MSN MoneyCentral). In the blog, we hypothesized...

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Liberty Mutual Purchases Safeco

Liberty Mutual Purchases Safeco

This past week Liberty Mutual said it would buy the Seattle-based insurer Safeco for $6.2 billion, bumping Liberty Mutual up from 6th place to be the 5th largest...

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Searching for the Green Consumer

Searching for the Green Consumer

In November of 2007, Bank of America collaborated with Brighter Planet to introduce a "Green" Credit Card. Consumers earn points on the card that helps...

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