I was in Canary Wharf yesterday in a variety of meetings and walked across from the Wharf to West Quay for a conference in the Marriott Hotel.
As I wandered across the bridge, there was a seal in the waters of the Docklands behind HSBC.
I thought my eyes deceived me and waited ages for the wee critter to come back up again so that I could take a photograph to prove it. But the shy thing disappeared and so that was that.
Arriving home, I googled "seal canary wharf" and guess what. He or she is a resident:
Bankers must be doing something right to have such a cute little friend around ... or maybe the seal realised there's plenty of easy fish to be found in the region.
Chris M Skinner
Chris Skinner is best known as an independent commentator on the financial markets through his blog, TheFinanser.com, as author of the bestselling book Digital Bank, and Chair of the European networking forum the Financial Services Club. He has been voted one of the most influential people in banking by The Financial Brand (as well as one of the best blogs), a FinTech Titan (Next Bank), one of the Fintech Leaders you need to follow (City AM, Deluxe and Jax Finance), as well as one of the Top 40 most influential people in financial technology by the Wall Street Journal's Financial News. To learn more click here...