It’s been a while since I envisioned a simpler web site for consumers to identify the best checking, savings, and money market rates at local, national, and online financial institutions. Back when my brother sent me a link to join ING Direct, years ago, I wasn’t really that bullish about online savings accounts. [...]

Virgin Money US recently launched, with the rebranding of the acquired CircleLending, the P2P lending service focused on family and friend lending and servicing.
As I love to keep tabs of the massive conglomerate of Richard Branson’s, I was anxious to check it out. But, unfortunately, the site pulled up a DotNetNuked error!

What an embarrassment. [...]

I recently attended the Leads2007 unconference (see my previous post), where I was interviewed on the future of online consumer experience.
The exciting part of it all was that most of what I spoke about was brought up by someone in the 50+ person group, including Connie from LowLender, Ike from Centrro, Tom from Oversee. You [...]

I attended the Leads2007 unconference in Tampa, FL with 50 individuals representing lead aggregators, lead management systems, service providers, and lenders. Although I have chosen to explore new concepts outside of mortgage lead management and exchanges, it was a great opportunity to listen to ideas and best practices. I’ve obviously spent over five [...]

I begin this post by recalling the concept of the imaginary number. An imaginary number in mathematics is defined as a number that if squared will result in a negative real number. If you remember learning about this i in your algebra class, you also probably remember thinking — what the heck!? [...]

While I was looking for Web 2.0 sites that focus on banking, I saw something I haven’t seen in a long time — a hacked web site. NetBanker profiled their Top 25 Web 2.0 Financial Websites back in December 2006. So I figured I’d visit the sites I wasn’t familiar with. Because [...]