It’s 31st October and you know what that means? Halloween. Ghouls, ghosts and ghoulies abound. And yes, you find plenty of them in the financial system. First, there’s those fiendish Zombie Bankers: These are so popular, there’s even a movie and an iPhone and iPad game to play about them … But the best advice has been posted…
Welcome to the first of what may be many fly-on-the-wall (FOTW) reports of internal bank management matters. In this first FOTW report, we sent Marty, our Scottish fly, into the monthly management meeting of one of the world’s largest banks, Megabank (stock ticker: MGB). Here’s how it went. 10:00, FTSE at 5450.49, MGB share price…
Welcome to the first of what may be many fly-on-the-wall (FOTW) reports of internal bank management matters. In this first FOTW report, we sent Marty, our Scottish fly, into the monthly management meeting of one of the world’s largest banks, Megabank (stock ticker: MGB). Here’s how it went. 10:00, FTSE at 5450.49, MGB share price…
So I can’t find my American Express Card. Looked everywhere and it’s lost. Darnit. I Google “AMEX lost corporate card”, and find an American telephone number. Harumph. So I Google “AMEX lost corporate card UK”, and find the UK 01273 telephone number and call it. “Hello and welcome to American Express Card Services”, says some…
So I can’t find my American Express Card. Looked everywhere and it’s lost. Darnit. I Google “AMEX lost corporate card”, and find an American telephone number. Harumph. So I Google “AMEX lost corporate card UK”, and find the UK 01273 telephone number and call it. “Hello and welcome to American Express Card Services”, says some…
I’m sitting in a restaurant the other day, and hear the following conversation … Banker One: “So what’s this Bribery Act thingamajig?” Banker Two: “New Law. Came into force July 1st.” mnum, yum, mnum. Banker One: “Yea, I know that”, mnum yum. “I meant what does it mean?” Banker Two: glug, glug. “Can’t take a bung…
I got a nudge today from NAB. No, it’s not a disease. It’s NAB, National Australia Bank, who recently pulled the pants down on their competitors by telling them they were all dodgy in a national advertising campaign framed around the theme: “it’s over between us ”. The aim was to set NAB apart from…
I’m quite pro-European as it goes. Roughly translated, as I’m British, this means that as long as the Eurocrats stay in Europe and out of the UK, that’s fine. It's also because the main benefit is that I enjoy holidays without having to worry about changing currencies. In truth, I'm quite pro-European because I've been…
I’m quite pro-European as it goes. Roughly translated, as I’m British, this means that as long as the Eurocrats stay in Europe and out of the UK, that’s fine. It's also because the main benefit is that I enjoy holidays without having to worry about changing currencies. In truth, I'm quite pro-European because I've been…
