Archive for Ally
Best Of The Web: USAA | Top 5 Trends | Cafe Crazy | iPhone Apps
What makes USAA unique… Top 5 retail banking + tech trends… Capital One goes crazy with new cafés… Top 20 financial apps… Forty headlines in total!
Ally Adds Suite Of Mobile Banking Features To Reinforce Its Position
In the wake of ING Direct's demise, Ally Bank is shoring up its mobile banking offering with a suite of new features. The expansion reflects the pressures facing branchless financial institutions.
Best of The Web: Bank 3.0 | Mass Affluent | Superstorm Sandy
Banks struggle with Bank 2.0 as version 3.0 rolls out... Mass affluent an elusive target for banks... Banks use social during Superstorm Sandy... 46 headlines total!
In Brief: BofA’s Radical Patents, PFM Is Dead, Gag Order
BofA patents give glimpse at mobile video's radical future… PFM faces challenges… BofA makes social media silence condition on couple's refi… Plus 32 more headlines.
Ally.com Recognized With ‘Outstanding Website’ Award
Ally Bank wins two "Outstanding Website" awards in a global competition involving more than 2,000 entries from 42 countries.
Retail Banking Videos On YouTube: Weird, Wacky & Wonderful
The latest bank and credit union YouTube videos include a little bit of everything -- from skits with a live goat to a Jack Nicholson impersonation... even a gun-shooting loan processor.
Ally Bank Launches New ‘Stages’ Ad Campaign
Ally Bank continues its humorous approach to advertising with two new TV spots, one on 24/7 live customer service and one on its popular Raise Your Rate CD.
In Brief: Kersplat! Eeek! Perks Slashed!
CD rates finally smack the sidewalk... Chase retreats from the student loan market... SunTrust slashed perks on checking accounts... Plus 35 more headlines!
In Brief: Postage Hike | Shrinking Branches | Social Ads
Direct mail to get more expensive, complicating ROI… Downsizing the brick-and-mortar channel… Why stress over ‘Likes’ when you can run ads? Plus 36 more headlines.
Bank Bashing: The (Questionable) Power Of Negative Attack Ads
Banks have become the proverbial punching bag -- the punchline to many an advertising joke in the financial marketing world these days. But does it work?
10 Of The Best Banking Brands To Watch
There are some bank brands that consistently pop onto The Financial Brand’s radar. Here are 10 you want to study. Whenever you hear their names, you should pay attention.
In Brief: OWS Guerilla Stunt | Banking Instincts | Social Strategies
Occupy Wall Street installs very real-looking guerilla signs on a BofA branch… How consumer banking behaviors evolve… And 30 other headlines.
Beyond the Wall: 10 Ideas for Dynamic Financial Facebook Welcome Pages
Instead of greeting Facebook visitors with a bunch of random (and sometimes negative) Wall posts, why not create a customized landing page and take control of the experience?
BofA’s $5 Monthly Debit Fee: The Backlash, The Fallout and What It All Means
BofA's $5 monthly debit card fee could cost them 20 million customers.
No More ‘Love’ for Ally Bank as They Search for the Right Ad Message
Ally Bank dumps its "Love" ads, switching to its third campaign in as many years. With that track record, it’s difficult to deliver any kind of consistent brand message.
In Brief: Wish List | Kicking Customers Out | Branding Rejection
What tops bank customers' wish lists… Rewards Checking customers get the boot… Consumers aren't buying banks branding… Plus 27 more headlines from around the world in financial marketing.
In Brief: Branch Building Spree | Video Banking | Fee Income Slides
Chase says its branch building spree is based on customer demand… Citizens test video banking in four states… Fee income slides 19% in wake of Durbin… Plus 21 other stories.
Best of The Web: Bigger Budgets | Branches vs. eChannels | Mobile Apps
Bank's ups budget 51% and gets results… Cultivating innovation… Avoiding channel myopia… iPad app takes deposits… Plus 22 more stories.
In Brief: Video Tellers | Job 2.0 | Remote Deposits
BofA tests video ATM tellers… Future jobs in banking may be in social media… Remote deposit sweeps the industry… Plus 19 more items.
In Brief: Honest Ally? | Plain Vanilla Banking | $5 ATM Fees
Is Ally's "straight talk" crooked? Will plain vanilla banking kill community banks? Are $5 ATM fees on the way? Plus 17 more articles.
