Humour

Aug 28, 2009

Holiday Humour #5: the credit crunch ATM

As a result of the credit crunch, NCR has designed a major new ATM innovation. This is an ATM where you can put money in and may find more goes into your account than you expected. In early trials, Lloyds Banking Group has found it be quite popular as, for every pound entered, there's the…

Aug 28, 2009

Holiday Humour #5: the credit crunch ATM

Aug 27, 2009

Holiday Humour #4: Einstein goes to heaven

Einstein dies and goes to heaven only to be informed that his room is not yet ready. "I hope you will not mind sharing a room", says St Peter. "I know it's not great, but it's the best we can do as it's a bit crowded up here, I'm afraid." Einstein says that this is…

Aug 26, 2009

Northern cheese

Lancashire is a major Northern County of England famous for its many great Lancashire cheeses. There’s Creamy, Tasty and Crumbly Lancashire Cheese, which are made by seven great firms including Butlers, Greenfields, Kirkhams and Singletons. In a move to join these great Lancashire Cheesemakers, the Co-operative Bank released this video to say “thank you” to…

Aug 26, 2009

Holiday Humour #3: Never mind the b******s

A little old lady entered the main branch of a large bank with a grocery bag under her arm. She told the teller that she wanted to open an account and make a substantial deposit, in excess of £200,000 and that, because such a large sum was involved, she would only deal with the manager…

Aug 25, 2009

The Squirrelizer

It's the holiday season and this is just too good to ignore, even though it has nothing to do with banking. A couple were taking a holiday snap using the self-timer button on their camera when a curious squirrel, upon hearing whirr of the timer, took interest and got himself in on the shot: Awww…

Aug 25, 2009

Holiday Humour #2: Lawyers in a Bank

Two lawyers are in a bank when armed robbers burst in and shout: "hands in the air". While several of the robbers take the money from the tellers, one of them frisks the customers and takes any nice jewellery off them, as well as their purses and wallets. Two of the customers are lawyers and,…

Aug 25, 2009

Holiday Humour #2: Lawyers in a Bank

Aug 25, 2009

Holiday Humour #2: Lawyers in a Bank

Aug 24, 2009

Holiday Humour #1: New Stock Market Terms

The Finanser is on holiday until 7th September but will be posting the odd thing here every now and then. By odd, we mean very odd, with a mixture of news, views and lots of jokes about banking. Therefore, every morning, you'll wake up for the next two weeks with a little bit of financial…