[pchelpers] Article:Firewalls hinder progress

Published: 
        07 April, 2008

Some banks are making efforts to engage with people through virtual
worlds and social networks on the internet but their knowledge of this
area is still limited – and being excluded by corporate firewalls does
not help, writes Chris Skinner.

There has been an explosion of new ways to connect with customers on the
internet in the past two years. Millions of people are posting detailed
information about their lives on websites such as Facebook, MySpace,
Bebo, Cyworld, Mixi and Badoo. Meanwhile, adults and children alike are
living alternative lives in virtual worlds such as Entropia, Second
Life, Habbo Hotel and Club Penguin. Why do banks and bankers have no
idea what is going on?

More here:
http://www.thebanker.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/5712/Firewalls_hinder_progress.html
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