The Visible Banking Page on Facebook: New Fans (11 - 20) & Recent Activity

The Visible Banking Page on Facebook
I was touched that after less than 48h, and just a few invitations sent, 12 people became fans of my page. Now, 10 days later, the page already has 39 fans.

I believe the success of any Social Media initiative is linked with your ability to engage with your community and urge them to contribute.
It is critical to REWARD your members, your fans. Rewarding could mean many things such as producing exclusive content, or giving visibiliy / exposure to your contributors. I intend to do both on the Visible Banking Page.

Please find below the names and a short description of my Fans number 11 to 20 (sorted by chronological order):
11. Eric Girard, Business Internet Services Manager at KeyBank (US): Eric is one of Thom Hofer's ex colleagues. .

12. Matthew Aman, ex CTO at Yodlee (US): it looks like Matt is well connected in the Valley. Matt is an ex-colleague of Peter Hazlehurst and he is friend (on Facebook at least) with Aaron Patzer of Mint. Matt worked on Yodlee's next-generation Payments and Aggregation platforms.

13. Amit Shaked, Vice President, Products and Web at WeFi (Israel): I met Amit at the European TechTour last year. I invite you to watch my video interview with Amit. And please check my recent "Posted Item" on WeFi.

14. Alec Dubois, Project Manager at Capgemini (France): Alec is one of my best friends. He is also one of the most professional persons I know, and he a passionate CRM expert.

15. William Azaroff, Director, online banking & engagement at Vancity (Canada): and now, let me introduce William... But where shall I start?! William is one of the most knowledgeable and passionate few social media evangelists in the banking industry. He's been a blogger for years on azaroff.com. William pioneered the innovative online community launched by Vancity, ChangeEverything.ca.
I invite you to watch my video interview with William, shot after Finovate 2007 in NYC.

16. Nancy Zimmerman, Bank Evangelist at Citizens Bank of Canada (Canada): Nancy is one of William's contacts. She is a "Bank Evangelist", I love those titles. I invite you to check Nancy's blog.

17. David Gerbino, AVP, Research and Database Marketing Manager at Provident New York Bancorp (US): Glad to have another fan in the US. David and I share a few contacts with online finance experts like Jim Bruene (NetBanker) and William Azaroff. I invite you to check David's blog.

18. John Sharp, Co-founder & Chairman at Authentium, Inc. (US): I have know John for more than a year now. We met a few times in London. I invite you to check my interview with John, and my interview with Doug Brunt, President & CEO (shot at FinovateStartup 2008 in San Francisco) 

19. Franck Vitasse, Web Marketing Projects Manager at ING Direct (France): I am connected with Franck since August last year. I contacted Franck to invite him to check my review of ING's pickuradvisor.com. Please check Franck's blog, "KultureWeb".

20. Olga Gil, Product Development Specialist at Nordea Bank Finland Plc Estonia Branch (Estonia): I imagine that I am talking of the right Olga!
 
Posted items
I posted 8 items so far. please find below the latest 3 items:
* B2B Spending On Social Networks Could Put Facebook Ahead of LinkedIn
* Office of National Statistics: half of UK now banks online | The Industry Standard
* Civic Banking: Pioneers in Banking 2.0

Don't hesitate to leave a comment.
 
Reviews
There is still no review. Could you please take a few minutes to review my Facebook Page?

Discussion Board
I added one new topic:
*  Business Networking: Is Facebook really threatening up Linkedin?
(1 post)

I invite you to share your views on Facebook, and contribute to the first two topics:
* How important is it for a bank to be on Facebook? (5 posts)
* What would you like to find on the Visible Banking page? (1 post)

Thanks to Tim, Thirugnanasambandan and Ben for their contribution!

Related articles on Visible-Banking.com
* Launch of the Visible Banking Page on Facebook
* Video - the 4 kinds of Social Media projects

Finovate 2008 Conference Demo Lineup - Comments & Expectations (part 2)

I hope you have already bought your ticket for Finovate 2008 in NYC on October 14th!

In the meantime, I invite you to check the conference demo lineup announced on NetBanker two days ago. It is another promising line up from Jim and Eric.

Most of the shortlisted companies already demoed some of their innovative services at Finovate 2007 and/or FinovateStartup2008.


* mShift <mshift.com>
MShift is the leading provider of Mobile Banking solutions in the US.

It is a competitor of Drew Sievers' mFoundry. mShift is active online too, they help a few Credit Unions to launch a Facebook application such as Keypoint Credit Union (November 2007), and SEFCU Credit Union (July 2008). I hope I will have the pleasure to interview their CEO, Awele Ndili.
Coverage on NetBanker


* Inner8 <inner8.com>
Discover the power of 8 - 15/09/2008?


* LendingClub <lendingclub.com>
LendingClub is one of the most popular social lending sites, with Prosper and Zopa. They did a big marketing coup when they launched the service exclusively on Facebook.

Management team: Renaud LaPlanche - Founder & CEO, Patrick Gannon - SVP Lending.
It is not everyday that a Frenchman creates one of the most innovative startups, especially in the booming Social Lending space. Well done Renaud!

Renaud was supposed to come and speak at FinovateStartup last April, but he had to pull out because of their recent initiative: Lending Club Adds Secondary Market to Updated S1.
Coverage on NetBanker


* Pertuity Direct <pertuitydirect.com>
Pertuity Direct is a financial services company which aims to bring the next generation of social lending to the web. They will launch in September 2008.

I invite you to check the video interview I shot with Kim Muhota, Founder & CEO, at Finovate 2007.
Coverage on NetBanker


* SmartHippo <smarthippo.com>
SmartHippo.com is a vertical search engine and comparison shopping service for financial products. We are the first-ever site that uses the power of community to help consumers find the best finance rates and save money.

I invite you to check my video interview with George Favvas, Smarthippo's Founder & CEO, at FinovateStartup.
 
 
* Sybase 365 <sybase.com/365>
Sybase 365 is the world leader in mobile messaging services, mCommerce, and mobile marketing & advertising.


* Vidoop <vidoop.com>
Vidoop provides enterprise-level, multi-factor authentication solutions to businesses.

I am not sure if they are coming, but I look forward to meet with the Senior Management of the company, people like Luke Sontag - Co-Founder & President or Mitchell Savage - EVP (Mitchell presented at FinovateStartup for Confident Technologies).

To find out more about Vidoop, I invite you to check their blog.


* Wesabe <wesabe.com>
Wesabe was the first PFM online community ever launched, back in 2006. It is one of the most innovative startups out there. The latest addition to their service was to offer the option to update your Wesabe account in "real-time" via the hugely popular twitter.

Marc Hedlund became CEO after Jason Knight stepped down due to personal reasons (Jason, we all hope August's condition is improving). Just like Jason, Marc makes himself available: you can contact him directly everyday at specific times.
As far as I am concerned, they have the best Marketing/Comms team: Debbie, Allese, and Gabe, are doing a great job with the bloggers.

I invite you to check my video interview with Marc Hedlund, co-Founder & CEO.
Coverage on NetBanker


* WeSeed <weseed.com>
WeSeed is a free online community for sharing ideas and to figuring out the stock market-without the middle man telling you how to invest.

I have never met them, but it would be a pleasure to interview Jennifer Openshaw - CEO & Co-Founder if she is around.
Currently, they have a splage page with several videos from YouTube. I invite you to check their Twitter page (with only 11 followers and 1 update...) They also have a page on Facebook.

 
* Yodlee <yodlee.com>
Yodlee delivers innovative financial applications that make online banking more profitable. Accel and S1 Corporation are two of their investors. Their solutions are focused mainly on three key areas of online banking: Personal Financial Management, Payments and Customer Acquisition.

I really like Yodlee. They provide excellent products, made by great people like Peter Hazlehurst - SVP Products (un grand bonjour egalement a Melanie Flanigan - Senior Director, Marketing)

Yodlee managed to reinvent themselves: they are not the "account aggregation company" anymore. They provide an excellent Personal Finance Management solution for banks as well as individuals. They power the popular PFM service from Bank of America.

I met Peter on many occasion. I invite you to check my two video interviews with him: @ Finovate 2007 in NYC, @ FinovateStartup 2008 in San Francisco.
Coverage on NetBanker


Related articles on Visible-Banking.com
* Finovate 2008 - Conference demo Lineup (Part 1)
* Coverage - FinovateStartup 2008 (San Francisco)
* Coverage - Finovate 2007 (New York)
* Video - Coverage of FinovateStartup on NetBanker and Visible Banking
* Video - Interview with Peter Hazlehurst, SVP Product at Yodlee
* Video - Interview with Marc Hedlund, co-Founder & CEO of Wesabe

Launch of the Visible Banking Page on Facebook

I am pleased to announce the creation of the Visible Banking Page on Facebook.
 
I have always been reluctant to use Facebook for a business purpose. Mainly because I was concerned with the concept of "friends" and the limited privacy options.
But I must admit that it is a great tool to keep in touch with people, from close friends to business contacts, and I am sure that at least 90 million of people would agree with me.

And at the end of the day, you decide what you want to share on your profile. Be smart!

Provide some exclusive content & give more exposure to my fans
When I decided to create a page for Visible Banking, I had a goal, a purpose: I want to demonstrate what you should do on Facebook. I saw too many companies "on Facebook" or claiming to be on Facebook. Again, like any other social media project, what is your goal? Does it make sens? And if you do it, do it right or at least try your best, connect with people.

Another issue on Facebook is "the brand ownership" or the alteration/dilution of your brand. Anybody can create a page, a product, or a service using your company name. Mark, could you ask one of your colleagues to comment this post and tell us how you plan to address this issue?

I don't want the Visible Banking Page to be a mere copy and paste of Visible-Banking.com..

As far as I am concerned, there is no point creating and maintaining your own page if nobody but you contribute!

My goals: Reward my Fans & Create some Buzz
I was touched that after less than 48h, and just a few invitations sent, 12 people became fans of my page.
For the soft launch of the page, I contacted a small group of people made of fellow bankers, industry experts and prominent bloggers.

I believe the success of any Social Media initiative is linked with your ability to engage with your community and urge them to contribute. It is critical to REWARD your members, your fans. Rewarding could mean many things such as producing exclusive content, or giving visibiliy / exposure to your contributors. I intend to do both on the Visible Banking Page.

Please find below the names and a short description of my first 10 "Founding Fans" sorted by chronological order:
1. Chris Skinner, Owner at Balatro (UK): Chris is one of the most famous "banking technologists" in the uk. Chris is extremely well connected, respected and disruptive. I invite you to check the Facebook Group he created to market its successful Financial Services Club. Chris is an active blogger on several websites such as finextra and swfitcommunity.
I invite you to check my video interview with him.

2. Rob Findlay, Customer Experience Manager at NAB (Australia): Chris is passionate about Customer Experience. If you are interested in this important topic in online banking, I highly recommend to subscribe to his blog, the Bank Channel.

3. Mike O'Hara, Co-Founder & COO at Voices in Business  (UK): Mike is one of the most passionate business podcasters out there. I am a fan of the Banking 2.0 Podcast and The Virtual Worlds BusinessCast. I invite you to check his Facebook Group, Voices in Business.

4. Allese Thomson, Marketing Coordinator at Wesabe (USA): Allese works with Debbie and Gabe in the dynamic Marketing team at Wesabe. Allese has a lot of excellent ideas, and I am confident she will be instrumental in the next (expected) redesign of Wesabe's interface. I am so pleased she started blogging too. Congrats!

5. Morriss Partee, Chief Experience Officer at EverythingCU.com (USA): Morriss contacted me almost a year ago, after watching the video I shot with William Azaroff. Morriss created one of the most active forums for the exchange of ideas in the Credit Union arena.

6. Daniel Astaire, Cabinet Member for Customer & Community Services at Westminster City Council (UK): Daniel is a friend from the Harbour Club. Daniel is incredibly busy: he is a Media & Entertainment Litigator, a local politician in London, and he organizes charity events for children in need.

7. David Strachan, Senior Managing Director at DRS Advisors LLC (USA): David is one of Chris Skinner's contacts. His firm is a boutique advisory specializing in emerging financial technology.
 
8. Rafael Tobar, (USA): Rafael is a contact of Chris Skinner and Tim Collins.

9. Thomas Hofer, previously E-Commerce Development Manager at KeyBank (USA): I met Thom at the event I chaired in NYC in May 2008, the Online Retail Banking Services 2008. Thom is an experienced e-Commerce professional. I believe Thom is still looking for his next challenge: please do not hesitate to contact him directly on Linkedin.
 
10. Tim Collins, SVP Experiential Marketing at Wells Fargo (USA): Tim is a visionnary. He heads up WF's Experiential Marketing team and with Ed Terpening they made of WF the most innovative bank in the Social Media space. They are not scared of experimenting any new ways to better interact with their customers. I invite you to check my video on Wells Fargo 2.0, and the page they recently launched on Facebook to support their Stagecoach Island Virtual World initiative.

Posted items
I will use this application to flag the most interesting news in the online finance space. This will be exclusive to the Facebook Page.
Bloggers, please do not hesitate to add a link to your posts related to the topics I cover on Visible-Banking.com.

Reviews
I would really appreciate if you could spend two or three minutes to leave a comment/review about the page. The idea is to explain how useful the Visible Banking Page is for you.

Please note that I am not expecting a Linkedin like type of endorsement. Endorsements are more than welcome though: please visit my Linkedin profile.

Discussion Board
Most of the Facebook pages I visited which have a discussion board hardly have any activities from the readers/fans.
I don't want to start dozens of discussions if nobody participates. I would rather keep the list of topics short, and see some regular activity.
Please express yourself! And if you fee like starting a discussion on the page, please follow up and invite any of your contacts which may want to participate.
 
I created two discussions so far:
* How important is it for a bank to be on Facebook?
* What would you like to find on the Visible Banking page?

Tim (Tim Collins, SVP Experential Marketing at Wells Fargo), what a pleasure to have  you as first contributor. It demonstrates again your proactivity, your understanding of Social Media, and it means a lot to me. Thanks.
 
Notes
I plan to use the Notes application to add the rss feed to my blog.
I have a question for the Facebook Team: would it be possible to use a rss feed from the Page wall or the Posted items application. For the moment, I believe the Notes application is the only application which offers you to subscribe to its feed... Am I correct?

Events
I would like to flag all the most valuable and innovative online finance events worldwide. I won't succeed all by myself, your help will be precious. I am particularly interested in your contributions in the Middle East and the Asia Pacific region.

Please flag any events, register your interest, share your comments, or capture the questions you would like to ask to the speakers or the exhibitors. Moreover, If you know anyone interested to attend, sponsor, participate or cover the events, please direct them to the page!

Videos
For a start, I uploaded a sample of my best videos. In the future, I plan to upload some exclusive videos.

Please share any video of innovative online services, any interviews with an entrepreneur or a banker who is a champion for social media. I would like to make a statement witht this page: "You want to find out more about social media in banking, check Visible-Banking.com and the Visible Banking Page on Facebook".
 
Photos
Same idea. I really urge you to add any pictures related to web 2.0, social media in banking, and online finance. Bankers: add a logo / some screenshots of your PFM tool or any of your innovative online services. Entrepreneurs: add a logo of your company.
 
Related articles on Visible-Banking.com
* The Visible Banking Page - Update: New Fans (21 - 30) & Recent Activity
* The Visible Banking Page - Update: New Fans (11 - 20) & Recent Activity
* Video - the 4 kinds of Social Media projects

Interviews 2.0

Finovate 2008 Conference Demo Lineup - Comments & Expectations (part 1)

I hope you have already bought your ticket for Finovate 2008 in NYC on October 14th!

In the meantime, I invite you to check the conference demo lineup announced on NetBanker two days ago. It is another promising line up from Jim and Eric.

Most of the shortlisted companies already demoed some of their innovative services at Finovate 2007 and/or FinovateStartup2008.

No Jwaala so far? Andrew, would you like to use this post to give us an update on your company and MoneyTracker, your award winning PFM solution for Banks and Credit Unions?

And where are the leaders in Social Lending? No Prosper? No Zopa? No LendingClub?
Chris, Doug, Renaud, I invite you to leave a comment and update us on your latest achievements!


* BillShrink <billshrink.com>
BillShrink is a free service that recommends the best cell phone plan for you.

I haven't met them in the past. I am curious to find out more about their service, their strategy, and see how it fits in the online finance space...


* Boulevard R <boulevardR.com>
Boulevard R provides unbiased, independent financial advice with a different approach from the competition: they work with Certified Financial PlannersTM to create actionable, high-level financial plans to help their users reach their goals.

I spent some time with Matt Iverson, BoulevardR's co-Founder & CEO, at FinovateStartup 2008. It will be interesting to get an update from Matt and find out the size of their network of experts, their number of users, and any new features or site redesign. 
 

* CheckFree <checkfree.com>
CheckFree is a provider of financial electronic commerce services and products. From powering electronic billing and payment, to automating financial transactions, to streamlining regulatory reporting tasks.

CheckFree provides a comprehensive online financial service suite. I found CheckFree's presentation at the first Finovate solid and full of advanced, customizable, features. And that was a year ago. I invite you to watch my interview with their Bob Homer, VP of Product Management. Very much looking forward to their demo.
Coverage on NetBanker


* Checkpoint <checkpoint.com>
Check Point's pure focus is on information security. CP offers total security solutions featuring a unified gateway, single endpoint agent and single management architecture.

This is not exactly a startup, the company was founded in 1993 and counts now 1,800 employees. They claim that 100% of Fortune 100 companies use Check Point security solutions. I am curious to see how they will fit with the other innovative, young, startups. I expect them to demo new, innovative, solutions.


* Credit Karma <creditkarma.com>
Credit Karma brings credit report data to the Web. It is delivering an actual credit score computed by TransUnion, one of the three major U.S. credit bureaus. Note that Credit Karma has the backing from Prosper's Chris Larsen.

I invite you to check my interview with Ken Lin, Founder & CEO. Let's see how they are doing, and how they now compare with their competitors, Credit.com and Quicken Loans.
Coverage on NetBanker


* Digital Insight (Intuit) <digitalinsight.com>
* Quicken Online (Intuit) <quicken.com>
Since the acquisition of Digital Insight in 2007, Intuit's goal is to create the next generation of online banking. With their flagship products like the famous Quicken, they help people manage their small businesses and personal finances.

It is going to be Intuit's first demo(s!) at a Finovate event. Personal Finance Management is one of the most exciting areas of online finance. I can't wait to see Quicken's demo, new features, and see how they will respond to the current leaders in PFM online, Mint and Wesabe.

Even though it is going to be their first presentation, I met a few people from Digital Insight and Quicken at the previous two Finovate events in NYC and San Francisco.
If you are not sure about the value of Finovate, I invite you to follow Intuit's example: come as a delegate, and I am confident you will apply to the next event.
Coverage on NetBanker


* FiLife (Dow Jones/IAC) <filife.com>
The unique joint effort between News Corp's Dow Jones and IAC, is a cross between a personal finance tool like those powered by LeadFusion, a finance forum like FatWallet, a voting site such as Digg, and a full-blown magazine such as Money.

Coverage on NetBanker


* mFoundry <mfoundry.com>
mFoundry is one of the leading providers of mobile banking solutions.

I first met Drew Sievers, mFoundry's CEO & co-Founder, back in March 2007 at the online_banking_summit organized by my friend  JJ Hornblass, CEO of the Royal Media Group. I caught up with Drew a few times in the us at Finovate and in London. Drew is an excellent presenter. I look forward to catching up with him.
Coverage on NetBanker


* Mint <mint.com>
I am not sure I need to introduce the successful Mint.com anymore, but here you go...
Mint is the leader in online Personal Finance Management. Mint is a modern, powerful, easy and secure Web–based solution for online financial management.

According to NetBanker (source: compete.com), Mint's traffic reached 460,000 unique visitors in July 2008. They recently redesigned their website with a strong focus on simplicity, as always.

Please check my two interviews with my friend Aaron Patzer, Mint.com's CEO & Founder, and a genuine online finance visionnary.
Coverage on NetBanker


* MoneyAisle (NeoSaej) <moneyaisle.com>
MoneyAisle is the next-generation online auction marketplace where consumers find great rates on bank CDs and High-Yield Savings accounts, absolutely free. 

They launched the service on June 9, 2008. Mukesh Chatter - President & CEO / Bob Watterson - Vice President, Bank Partnerships. They launched a one month contest in July to crate some buzz and drive user recruitment. But I can't see any announcement post competition! (21/08/08)
When do you plan to publish the results?


Related articles on Visible-Banking.com
* Coverage - FinovateStartup 2008 (San Francisco)
* Coverage - Finovate 2007 (New York)
* Video - Coverage of FinovateStartup on NetBanker and VisibleBanking
* Video - Interview with Aaron Patzer, Founder & CEO of Mint.com
* Video - Interview with Bob Homer, VP Product at CheckFree

Stay tuned on Visible-Banking.com!

I am back! Some of you probably wondered what happened to me. "Has he stopped?", "has he moved on?", "was he bored?"... No, no and... no!

Creating my blog back in February 2007 was definitely one of the most gratifying things I have done in my life so far.

Visible-Banking.com enables me to share my passion for social media, my vision for the banking industry, and my expertise. I believe there hasn't been a week without meeting fantastic people, and discovering innovative products & services in the online finance space. I am consistently developing credibility and a trusted, international, network of contacts in the banking industry. I have the opportunity to spend some time with entrepreneurs and true visionnaries. I am regularly invited to speak at leading financial services events in the US (a country that I love), in the UK, and in Europe. What a great experience!

Stay tuned!
But for me blogging "goes with the flow". Sometimes, I need a break to concentrate on various other projects or activities. I used my recent break to do some research, and I have now a long list of topics I want to cover in my blog. I am also keen to shoot a couple of entertaining videos. I plan to launch a n ambitious competition soon: stay tuned!

My goal from now on is to post at least a couple of articles every week.

Subscribe to the most insightful blogs
Even though I haven't posted much in the last 8 weeks, I have always kept myself uptodate thanks to my fellow bloggers.

In addition to Visible-Banking.com, I strongly recommend to subscribe to the following leading blogs (the list is obviously not exhaustive):
* NetBanker, by Jim Bruene. And congrats to Eric Mattson who is instrumental in the success of the Finovate events
* theBankChannel, by Rob Findlay
* theBankWatch, by Colin Henderson
* William Azaroff's blog
* Mobile Banking, by Brandon McGee
* theBetterBanking blog, by  Charis Palmer & Jen Storey
* BankerVision, by Dr James Gardner

Start blogging today!
I feel fortunate, and I would like to encourage everybody to start working on their online visibility and their personal brand. Don't wait, start now! The world is your oyster.
Do better than me, quicker, but please keep me posted. I would be pleased to shoot a video interview with you to convince more and more people and spread the word.

It could be intimidating when you think about it: dozen, hundreds, then thousands of people (some of them experts) read your posts and can share their comments, good or bad. But think about it: if they take the time to leave a comment, even a bad one, it is mission accomplished. You have started the discussion, and they are interested enough to take the time to express themselves. And free time is precious. Congrats.

Special note
Last but not least, it is critical to find some motivation and inspiration when you blog.
A special thanks to Miss T, my dear friend from Wesabe. A, I am so glad you started blogging at last. Your two posts are very well written, and you already have more comments than I had after a good dozen of posts! ;)

News - ClairMail's latest banking customer & BancVue's REWARDChecking's new milestone

On Monday, I received two emails: one from ClairMail (thanks Eleni. By the way, could you please say hello to Gavin?) and one from BancVue (thanks Renee).

ClairMail's latest banking deal
Please note that this news was under embargo until yesterday.

ClairMail partnered with Alerus Financial,  a local and independently owned us bank, to offer Alerus customers a new mobile banking platform – Alerus Mobile Access. The service enables Alerus customers to access their accounts via text messaging or via the web on a mobile phone.

I have been in touch with Joe Salesky, ClairMail's CEO, and his team since early 2007. I usually catch up with Joe at the hottest online banking / online finance events in the US.
I had the pleasure to shoot a video interview with a very inspired Joe in San Francisco at FinovateStartup 2008.

In September 2007, U.S. messaging and content delivery service provider Sybase 365 reported that:
* More than a third of U.S. consumers can state their bank balance at any given time
* Additionally, 42 % of American consumers can calculate their current balance total to the nearest $200
* As many as 61% of Americans admit to checking their bank balance at least every few days; 29 % check daily

BancVue's new milestone
REWARDChecking is a free checking account offering a high-interest reward rate and ATM fee refunds worldwide when consumers meet cost saving and revenue generating electronic banking requirements.

* As of August 1, REWARDChecking accounts have eclipsed $5.5 billion in deposits nationwide and attracted more than 610,000 consumers interested in earning high-interest rewards on their checking accounts.
* REWARDChecking is currently attracting a new depositor every 45.6 seconds.
* Close to 400 community financial institutions are currently offering REWARDChecking accounts.

I met John Waupsh, CEO of First ROI, and Gabriel Krajicek, CEO of BancVue, in San Francisco a few months ago.

John and Gabe demoed their new online search tool, CheckingFinder.com, at FinovateStartup 2008. They did a great job: their presentation was one of the very best. They have so much energy, so much passion. And a good service. Well done guys!

I invite you to check the video interview I shot with John and Gabe at the end of such a busy day.

CheckingFinder.com, a new online search tool that allows consumers to find, compare and sign up for REWARDChecking accounts online.

Related articles on Visible-Banking.com
* Coverage - FinovateStartup08 (San Francisco)
* Coverage - the_online_banking_summit_2007 (Charlotte, North Carolina)
* Video - Interview Joe Salesky, Founder & CEO of ClairMail
* Video - Interview John Waupsh & Gabriel Krajicek, CheckingFinder.com