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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…

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…

The Finanser’s Week: 12th December – 18th December 2011

Our biggest stories of the week are … How The City Developed, Part Five: The Stuarts After the Tudors, England went through a period of massive turmoil under the new Royal Household of the Stuarts.  Throughout the 17th Century, the Royal Household (the Crown) and Government (Parliament) were at war, both figuratively and literally. How The…

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The Finanser’s Week: 12th December – 18th December 2011

Our biggest stories of the week are … How The City Developed, Part Five: The Stuarts After the Tudors, England went through a period of massive turmoil under the new Royal Household of the Stuarts.  Throughout the 17th Century, the Royal Household (the Crown) and Government (Parliament) were at war, both figuratively and literally. How The…

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The Finanser’s Week: 5th December – 11th December 2011

Our biggest stories of the week are … How The City Developed, Part One: The Romans In Roman Times, the centre of London was at Cornhill, where the Bank of England is based, and Leadenhall market, where Lloyd’s of London is based.  At Leadenhall, the Romans built a Basilica, a combination of a town hall…

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The Finanser’s Week: 28th November – 4th December 2011

Our biggest stories of the week are … As my SEPA gently weeps … I hosted a dinner last night with a focus upon developments with SEPA and innovation. What innovations has SEPA introduced? Long silence. To be honest, there are some – the ability to cash concentrate direct debits into the most efficient… Four…

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The Finanser’s Week: 28th November – 4th December 2011

Our biggest stories of the week are … As my SEPA gently weeps … I hosted a dinner last night with a focus upon developments with SEPA and innovation. What innovations has SEPA introduced? Long silence. To be honest, there are some – the ability to cash concentrate direct debits into the most efficient… Four…

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The Finanser’s Week: 21st November – 27th November 2011

Our biggest stories of the week are … Should a bank be called a bank After Richard Branson's Virgin Money successfully acquired Northern Rock, loads has been written about the takeover. Much has been negative, saying that the Chancellor did a bad deal and ‘gifting’ the bank to Virgin, losing £400 million in the process…….

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