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The Finanser’s Week: 30th January – 5th February 2012

Our biggest stories of the week are … What the Facebook IPO means for banks I haven’t written much about social media lately. The reason is that it’s now mainstream and dull. When you're scanning future views, you’re not as bothered about Facebook and Twitter when everyone’s familiar with and using such services. Facebook's pervasiveness……

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The Finanser’s Week: 30th January – 5th February 2012

Our biggest stories of the week are … What the Facebook IPO means for banks I haven’t written much about social media lately. The reason is that it’s now mainstream and dull. When you're scanning future views, you’re not as bothered about Facebook and Twitter when everyone’s familiar with and using such services. Facebook's pervasiveness……

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The Finanser’s Week: 23rd January – 29th January 2012

Our biggest stories of the week are … How to deal with an insolvent bank Sitting in a conference talking about living wills isn’t how you want to spend your typical day, but it did spark a whole bunch of thoughts in my mind. The FSA issued their consultative paper 11/16 last summer. The idea……

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The Finanser’s Week: 16th January – 22nd January 2012

Our biggest stories of the week are … Amartya Sen: thoughts on poverty and the global financial crisis I attended an interesting lecture last night from an economic legend: Professor Amartya Sen of Harvard University. If you haven’t heard of him, he’s known as the Mother Teresa of economics in his native India, and has…

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The Finanser’s Week: 16th January – 22nd January 2012

Our biggest stories of the week are … Amartya Sen: thoughts on poverty and the global financial crisis I attended an interesting lecture last night from an economic legend: Professor Amartya Sen of Harvard University. If you haven’t heard of him, he’s known as the Mother Teresa of economics in his native India, and has…

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The Finanser’s Week: 9th January – 15th January 2012

Our biggest stories of the week are … Horizontal versus vertical: myth and reality For most of my life, I’ve been aligned to the financial services industry as a supplier of technology and, throughout this time, I’ve dealt with technology companies that struggle with moving from being horizontal to vertical, from generic to specific, from…

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The Finanser’s Week: 9th January – 15th January 2012

Our biggest stories of the week are … Horizontal versus vertical: myth and reality For most of my life, I’ve been aligned to the financial services industry as a supplier of technology and, throughout this time, I’ve dealt with technology companies that struggle with moving from being horizontal to vertical, from generic to specific, from…

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The Finanser’s Week: 19th December 2011 – 8th January 2012

"Show me the money!" Sure, I'll show you your losses You can sense an audience’s reaction as you present ideas on innovation. Sometimes its warm and engaging, sometimes distant and thoughtful, and occasionally remote and cynical. I experienced all three reactions last week when presenting at a bank’s annual … How The City Developed, Part…

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The Finanser’s Week: 19th December 2011 – 8th January 2012

"Show me the money!" Sure, I'll show you your losses You can sense an audience’s reaction as you present ideas on innovation. Sometimes its warm and engaging, sometimes distant and thoughtful, and occasionally remote and cynical. I experienced all three reactions last week when presenting at a bank’s annual … How The City Developed, Part…

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The Top Ten Finanser Posts of 2011

Here are the Top 10 blog posts of the year.  It gives a pretty good idea of what's hot in banking 2011 I think … Happy New Year, and lots more on banking in 2012 from next Tuesday. The Top 20 Banks of the World, 2011: China hits the Big Time I’ve enjoyed the Banker’s…