Humour

Apr 17, 2014

The long, good Friday and a manic Monday

It's a long holiday weekend here in Britain and so the Finanser is away until Tuesday. We leave you with a few light-hearted levities to consider until then. From The Dry Bones Blog: From Conde Nast's New Yorker: From the London Underground Blog: And finally, from Hilarious Galleries:

Feb 14, 2014

It may be Valentine’s Day, but is he or she worth it? (Infographic)

It’s Valentines day and Goldman Sachs is talking about bringing back the love into banking. Lloyd Blankfein, the notorious CEO who talks about banks doing God’s Work whilst his staff call customers muppets and the media call them the Vampire Squid, is quoted in an interview with Japan’s Nikkei newspaper as saying: It's going to be…

Jan 20, 2014

Don’t tell mum I work for a bank … she thinks I’m a pianoplayer in a whorehouse!

I was going to start this week with a serious blog post, but the ABN AMRO kickoff meeting for 2014 has caught everyone’s attention. In fact, it’s made everyone note it so much that I’m going to dedicate today’s blog entry to it. Why did it grab the attention of all? Because the Chairman of…

Nov 5, 2013

Our wearable future and the first Bank Google Glass apps

I was wondering how long it would take for a wearable bank app to appear, especially as we now have Google Glass and Samsung Galaxy Watch, so it was no surprise to see my friends over at the Financial Brand spot the first release of these services. It is also no surprise that Banco Sabadell is…

Oct 15, 2013

Banking in 2013 … just like 1913

So I’m buying a house and have a conversation about the house buying process with a bank colleague. He is adamant that this is where the branch comes into its own. I disagreed, but accepted that it may be different in different markets, but that all markets are moving in the same direction over time….

Aug 19, 2013

When did this place go to the dogs and why can’t you lead a horse to water and make it drink?

We have all of these phrases and meanings that we use every day about money, life and more, but few of them do us really know or think about them in their reality of usage. For example, where does a slush fund really come from; do you ever sell yourself short; why is something cheap…

Aug 19, 2013

When did this place go to the dogs and why can’t you lead a horse to water and make it drink?

Aug 2, 2013

You bunch of losers

Blah, blah, blah goes the talking head on the news. Banks … bad … money … sell … losses … Groan, moan, dull, boring. Ripoff … scandal … government … economy … bonuses … fatcat … Depressing, stop it, shut up, no. Millions … billions … balance sheet … profits … AND I HAVE NOTHING!!!!…

Aug 2, 2013

You bunch of losers

Jul 30, 2013

The world’s best and worst job titles

How the world has changed. We all realise the world is changing fast when you look back ten, twenty or fifty years. Ten years ago, there was on iPhone or Facebook. Twenty years ago, the end of the Soviet Union, the removal of the Berlin Wall and the aftermath of apartheid were still reverberating around…