Since the July opening of Apple's App Store, we've been tracking the apps in the Finance category (see previous coverage here). But there are also several apps in the Productivity category of interest to financial institutions: the eWallets. There…

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Intuit joined the messaging race with the beta release of Quicken Beam. The free service sends users text-messaged balance-and-activity alerts from most U.S. bank, credit card, and credit union accounts. Users may also query the service for balance plus…

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Even though I have credit cards from Citibank, Wells Fargo, US Bank, American Express and Chase, I have never been offered the opportunity to add contactless payment capability to my card, so I still haven't experienced that particular wave…

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