It seems strange when you've looked forward to something to be looking back already, but here we are at the end of another SIBOS jamboree. Here's a few personal highlights from SIBOS 2009: And now, of course, we can all look forward to SIBOS 2010 in Amsterdam! * The Finanser is sponsored by VocaLink and Cisco: For details…
Many, many years ago I worked for a company called Wang Computers. Wang were a really innovative firm that dominated the space of office technologies until they got their strategy wrong and went out of business … long story. Short story … when I worked there, my job was marketing imaging systems. Basically, scanners for…
Many, many years ago I worked for a company called Wang Computers. Wang were a really innovative firm that dominated the space of office technologies until they got their strategy wrong and went out of business … long story. Short story … when I worked there, my job was marketing imaging systems. Basically, scanners for…
Good friend of all things payments Dave Birch has just given me a headsup on his series of lunchtime round tables on innovation in payments, the next of which is to be held at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris from 1pm-2.30pm on 11th September 2009. Ivan Mortimer-Schutts (BNP Paribas), Marc Temmermans (Visa Europe) and…
On 22nd July, Fellows of the British Academy Professors Tim Besley, FBA, and Peter Hennessy, FBA, sent this letter (pdf download) to Her Majesty the Queen (heavily edited version follows): Madam When Your Majesty visited the London School of Economics last November, you quite rightly asked: why had nobody noticed that the credit crunch was…
On 22nd July, Fellows of the British Academy Professors Tim Besley, FBA, and Peter Hennessy, FBA, sent this letter (pdf download) to Her Majesty the Queen (heavily edited version follows): Madam When Your Majesty visited the London School of Economics last November, you quite rightly asked: why had nobody noticed that the credit crunch was…
