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It’s SIBOS, so let’s have a pandemic and close the bank

We talk about pandemics as a result of bird flu and other concerns.  Luckily, we haven’t had one yet but, you never know.  After all, looking around the fellow inhabitants of the world’s subway systems, H G Wells had it right when he referred to morlocks living underground and who knows what you might catch…

It’s SIBOS, so let’s have a pandemic and close the bank

We talk about pandemics as a result of bird flu and other concerns.  Luckily, we haven’t had one yet but, you never know.  After all, looking around the fellow inhabitants of the world’s subway systems, H G Wells had it right when he referred to morlocks living underground and who knows what you might catch…

It’s SIBOS, so let’s have a pandemic and close the bank

We talk about pandemics as a result of bird flu and other concerns.  Luckily, we haven’t had one yet but, you never know.  After all, looking around the fellow inhabitants of the world’s subway systems, H G Wells had it right when he referred to morlocks living underground and who knows what you might catch…

Did anyone notice AMEX’s sixty-five million dollar mess

I was intrigued to see the lack of headlines about American Express this month, especially as they were fined $65 million by the US Department of Justice the other day.  I only caught the news hidden in a US notice about banking matters.  Although it did get a little coverage in America, it wasn’t in…

Did anyone notice AMEX’s sixty-five million dollar mess

I was intrigued to see the lack of headlines about American Express this month, especially as they were fined $65 million by the US Department of Justice the other day.  I only caught the news hidden in a US notice about banking matters.  Although it did get a little coverage in America, it wasn’t in…

2 out of 5 Facebook users give all to identity thieves

New research finds that 41% of Facebook users are happy to reveal all to potential identity thieves.  The researchers found this out by creating a fabricated Facebook profile before sending out friend requests to people chosen at random from around the world.  The fabricated character is one Freddi Staur, an anagram of ID Fraudster.  Freddi…

2 out of 5 Facebook users give all to identity thieves

New research finds that 41% of Facebook users are happy to reveal all to potential identity thieves.  The researchers found this out by creating a fabricated Facebook profile before sending out friend requests to people chosen at random from around the world.  The fabricated character is one Freddi Staur, an anagram of ID Fraudster.  Freddi…

UK banks hit hard by SEPA

Interesting research that was blasted across the UK press yesterday. The research came from the recently IPO’d website moneysupermarket.com, which reckons that we could be paying an average of £300 a year in current account charges if the UK’s free banking system is changed to a pay-as-you-go fee structure. The research is based upon the…

UK banks hit hard by SEPA

Interesting research that was blasted across the UK press yesterday. The research came from the recently IPO’d website moneysupermarket.com, which reckons that we could be paying an average of £300 a year in current account charges if the UK’s free banking system is changed to a pay-as-you-go fee structure. The research is based upon the…

First PayPal, then Google, now Amazon and the Banks

We all know how successful PayPal is but, just in case you missed it, then checkout the story I wrote about them in March.  Speaking of Checkout, there is a potential competitor to PayPal emerging in the form of Google’s Checkout system.  There’s already been a number of spats between the two firms, with PayPal’s…

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