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I was in Canary Wharf yesterday in a variety of meetings and walked across from the Wharf to West Quay for a conference in the Marriott Hotel. As I wandered across the bridge, there was a seal in the waters of the Docklands behind HSBC. I thought my eyes deceived me and waited ages for…

This video is a newish single by ex-Christian (a band) Henry Priestman.  It's called "Don't you love me no more", and is all about being made redundant. Unfortunately, it has been banned as the video uses the logos of many mainstream banks without their permission.  That's why, halfway through, it says the next 2 minutes…

This video provides a simple, eleven minute cartoon explanation of the credit crisis that almost anyone could understand: Thanks to Francesco Paciocco for pointing me to this and nice work by Jonathan Jarvis who put it together.

I just picked up Boston Consulting Group's (BCG's) annual report on banking which is called “Living with New Realities: Creating Value in Banking 2009”. The preface says it all: "Since the pre-crisis peak, the market capitalisation of the global banking industry has fallen by $5.5 trillion. This is equivalent to 10 percent of global GDP…

I just picked up Boston Consulting Group's (BCG's) annual report on banking which is called “Living with New Realities: Creating Value in Banking 2009”. The preface says it all: "Since the pre-crisis peak, the market capitalisation of the global banking industry has fallen by $5.5 trillion. This is equivalent to 10 percent of global GDP…

I still haven't gotten around to writing up MEFTEC 2009 here yet … will I ever?  Yes, as I want to post my BaaS presentation which is coming along well. Meanwhile, Christophe Langlois at Visible-Banking has written a great overview of the conference with pictures. Worth a look if you want to see what we…

There's an interesting little story that's been picked up from a Vince Cable article back in October, where he wrote: "One of the first recognisably modern financial crises was the South Sea Bubble in 1720. Many thousands of sane British citizens – including Sir Isaac Newton – invested their savings in a scam and were…