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A mate of mine sent me this quote from Thomas Jefferson, written in1802: "If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake…

I’ve been watching MiFID’s (the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) progress in the background over recent months. I say, in the background, because there’s been so much stuff going on in the stock markets after Lehman Brothers that it was not something I felt made the frontground. Until now. The reason to bring it up…

Lehman Brothers staffers celebrate the fact they still have jobs in office Olympics (sic):

Lehman Brothers staffers celebrate the fact they still have jobs in office Olympics (sic):

Lehman Brothers staffers celebrate the fact they still have jobs in office Olympics (sic):

As I wrote the last two blogs about ‘average being good enough’ and large global banks , I realised that there was a link between the two.The link is that HSBC, Citi, Deutsche and more, are all aiming to provide a single, global platform – One Bank – with consistent, global delivery to all bank,…

We had a huge bust-up last night, when my banking colleague and I were discussing customer service. Over dinner we were all recounting stories of good and bad customer services, and boy did we have a few humdingers. The change of address where the telecoms firm didn’t do the switchover on the day you requested,…

We had a huge bust-up last night, when my banking colleague and I were discussing customer service. Over dinner we were all recounting stories of good and bad customer services, and boy did we have a few humdingers. The change of address where the telecoms firm didn’t do the switchover on the day you requested,…

Just found a great new little blog called "How to beat up anything". It just shows how nutty folks are to come up with such a site. They even have a guide as to How To Beat Up an Apple-Throwing Tree From The Film "The Wizard of Oz." Nuts! However, as I read the ideas…

Nothing to do with banking, but this phone call between Sarah Palin and Neecolas Sarkozee is very funny. Not for Sarah Palin however.