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A bit of ATM fun …

The BBC ran a report about ATM scams the other day.  In this case, it's the scam called "scandalous bank fees if you use an ATM overseas".  They do love those stories about how banks ripoff customers don't they? The gist of the report is that you are charged withdrawal fees, currency conversion fees and…

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Clearing is becoming clearer …

Having written a bunch of blogs about clearing and settlement, an interesting announcement on clarifying the standards came out today: The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have set up a working group to review the application of the 2004 CPSS-IOSCO Recommendations…

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Clearing is becoming clearer …

Having written a bunch of blogs about clearing and settlement, an interesting announcement on clarifying the standards came out today: The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have set up a working group to review the application of the 2004 CPSS-IOSCO Recommendations…

Cisco

Clearing is becoming clearer …

Having written a bunch of blogs about clearing and settlement, an interesting announcement on clarifying the standards came out today: The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have set up a working group to review the application of the 2004 CPSS-IOSCO Recommendations…

Cisco

Clearing is becoming clearer …

Having written a bunch of blogs about clearing and settlement, an interesting announcement on clarifying the standards came out today: The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have set up a working group to review the application of the 2004 CPSS-IOSCO Recommendations…

Cisco

MINT does it again

I really like the MINT Blog.  For example, this week they've had some cracking entries such as The Pros and Cons of Online Banks and Personal Finance According to Family Guy.  I've also referred to their blog before when they picked out key comments from Homer Simpson on finance.  My favourite still has to be:…

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MINT does it again

I really like the MINT Blog.  For example, this week they've had some cracking entries such as The Pros and Cons of Online Banks and Personal Finance According to Family Guy.  I've also referred to their blog before when they picked out key comments from Homer Simpson on finance.  My favourite still has to be:…

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Telco O2 launch financial services

In a pretty important announcement today, O2 has opened a card-based financial service for their UK mobile subscribers. These are mobile Visa debit cards, powered by NatWest banking. O2 is one of the UK's largest mobile carriers, with over 23 million subscribers, and the service will be available from August 2009.  The O2 Visa cards…

Report shows that IT guys steal

Finanser sponsor Cisco released a report yesterday that has grabbed a ton of headlines: IT guys steal Yep, all you techie, geeky, propeller heads out there are thieving criminalistic mafiosa types. Or so Cisco say anyway. How do they come to this conclusion? Because laid-off workers from banks’ IT departments during the credit crunch are…

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Report shows that IT guys steal

Finanser sponsor Cisco released a report yesterday that has grabbed a ton of headlines: IT guys steal Yep, all you techie, geeky, propeller heads out there are thieving criminalistic mafiosa types. Or so Cisco say anyway. How do they come to this conclusion? Because laid-off workers from banks’ IT departments during the credit crunch are…

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