Flying around Europe today gives you plenty of time to read the papers back to front, which kind of showed that the banking market is a bit nuts right now, as if we didn't know. For example, I normally read the Financial Times online, but scouring through its pages in tactile form is more satisfying…
Speaking of stripping men (see blog below about contactless marketing), last year I blogged about a spoof of how to get folks to come into Barclays Bank by putting strippers in the window: This was a mockup but now it appears that the Russian subsidiary of Unicredit Bank has taken the idea seriously, and hired…
Speaking of stripping men (see blog below about contactless marketing), last year I blogged about a spoof of how to get folks to come into Barclays Bank by putting strippers in the window: This was a mockup but now it appears that the Russian subsidiary of Unicredit Bank has taken the idea seriously, and hired…
Speaking of stripping men (see blog below about contactless marketing), last year I blogged about a spoof of how to get folks to come into Barclays Bank by putting strippers in the window: This was a mockup but now it appears that the Russian subsidiary of Unicredit Bank has taken the idea seriously, and hired…
Just found the most fantastic website through the Ridiculant, called A/V Geeks. The site claims to hold over 22,000 films it has rescued from dustbins of schools in their educational vaults of 16mm archives, and there are many gems to be seen. Looking for those related to banking, there's a few that might be useful, such as…
Just found the most fantastic website through the Ridiculant, called A/V Geeks. The site claims to hold over 22,000 films it has rescued from dustbins of schools in their educational vaults of 16mm archives, and there are many gems to be seen. Looking for those related to banking, there's a few that might be useful, such as…
After the unbelieveable video of sheep-herding yesterday, it made me wonder if Lord Turner, Tim Geithner, Jean-Claude Trichet and their mates are all trying to achieve this result, e.g. if you could get all the sheep (banks) to go to the pen (regulatory regime) at the same time, then you’d have a result. Unfortunately, banking…
After the unbelieveable video of sheep-herding yesterday, it made me wonder if Lord Turner, Tim Geithner, Jean-Claude Trichet and their mates are all trying to achieve this result, e.g. if you could get all the sheep (banks) to go to the pen (regulatory regime) at the same time, then you’d have a result. Unfortunately, banking…
The Austrian Times reports that a desperate bridegroom committed four bank robberies after his fiance's plans for a huge white wedding got out of hand. "The hapless groom, a 36-year-old Turk living in Vienna, netted more than €275,000 ($350,000) before he was caught but it still wasn't enough for his fiancee who demanded 500 guests,…
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