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About Online Financial Innovations and its Founder, Jim Bruene Jim Bruene founded Online Financial Innovations in 1994 to provide research, data, and insights to the growing online banking industry. All publications are free of advertising and since we do not accept consulting work from industry suppliers we are in a unique position to offer completely independent analysis and advice. Online Financial Innovations currently publishes three newsletters: Online Banking Report, Financial Marketing Weekly, and Electronics Payments Week (formerly EFT Report), along with periodic special reports. In addition to publishing research and reports, the company provides custom website audits and other advisory services for financial institutions. Prior to founding Online Financial Innovations, Mr. Bruene led the development of U.S. Bancorp’s pioneering online banking program with Microsoft Money. He also worked in consumer loan, credit card, mortgage, and deposit-product development at First Interstate Bank and Security Pacific Bank. Mr. Bruene is frequently quoted in the business and trade press including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, SmartMoney, MSNBC, and American Banker. He has authored articles for trade magazines and spoken at numerous industry gatherings including BAI’s Retail Delivery, ABA Annual Convention, and CBA Executive Convention. He also served as an early advisor to several prominent online financial service companies including X.com (now PayPal) and ING Direct. Download Mr. Bruene’s complete bio here. About Our Editors Jim Bruene, Editor of Online Banking Report and Financial Marketing Weekly Jim Bruene is the founder of Online Financial Innovations and has been providing the online financial services industry with data and intelligence for more than a decade. Andrew Reinbach, Editor of Electronic Payments Week Mr. Reinbach has been covering finance for over twenty-five years. He’s written for American Banker, Barron’s, Newsday, Seven Days, the New York Post, and many other publications, and held senior editorial positions at FutureBanker, Pensions & Investment Age, and U.S. Real Estate Week. About Us, Testimonials From Our Subscribers From Rick Heldebrant, CEO, Star One Credit Union "Online Banking Report is a fabulous research source--better than Forrester and less expensive!" "As far as I am concerned Jim Bruene is the "go-to" guy for web banking, he has a depth of knowledge and a way of looking at things that you can’t find anywhere else." From Rick Long, Vice President, I.T., PESCU "Online Banking Report saves me time, money, and effort by giving me detailed research every month that would be difficult and expensive to get anywhere else. They have the best competitive analysis in the business." "Financial Marketing Weekly articles are timely, concise, and easy-to-consume. I look forward to my email alert every week!" "My team and I use their reports as a bible, as a way to generate ideas for new products and services. In fact, we developed a subsidiary company devoted to a market segment we learned about through their reports." From Char Shinn, VP e-business, First Tech Credit Union "Online Banking Report is a good tool for planning because it provides ideas and statistics." |
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