For BBVA, Simple Deal Can’t Be About Its Business
The reviews on the BBVA-Simple deal are starting to come in, and they are not pretty. First, the specs. BBVA agreed ...
Month: February 2014
Here’s the Email That Started Simple
So what led to the launch of Simple, the banking startup that was acquired today for a reported $117 million ...
After Deal With BBVA, Will Simple Abandon The Bancorp?
What is in store for the bank behind banking startup Simple? Simple was acquired today by BBVA, Spain's second-largest bank, ...
BBVA Acquires Simple
Simple, the alternative banking company, has been acquired by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA.) Online reports put the price at ...
WhatsApp Deal Proves Banks Need to Embrace Social Mobile, and Fast
WhatsApp has 450 million active mobile users. JPMorgan Chase & Co. has 15.6 million, most among any bank in the ...
The Connected Home is Finally Here
A connected home is one in which appliances and accessories are connected to the Internet. An example would be a ...
VIDEO: CIO Says Cap One Has Shifted to ‘100%’ Agile Software Development
At Capital One Financial Corp., the need for compressed IT production cycles has led to significant changes in the way ...
Pace of Sticky Price CPI Growth Increased
The Atlanta Fed's sticky-price consumer price index (CPI)--a weighted basket of items that change price relatively slowly--rose 1.8 percent (annualized) ...
Deflation Probabilities Remain Zero
The 2013–18 deflation probability--based on the 5-year TIPS issued in April and the 10-year TIPS issued in July 2008--was 0 ...
Economic and Financial Highlights: February 20, 2014
View the latest series of charts from our Economic and Financial Highlights page, including new data on consumer credit, Federal ...
