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Some friends of mine who run the European Finance Convention have lined up a great conference on 8th and 9th December in Brussels, focused upon how Europe will approach resolving the financial crisis.  Speakers include: Joaquin Almunia, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank Didier Reynders, Belgian…

The reason for my excitement yesterday about a new retail bank for Britain is because it’s a new bank, and a bank by Vernon Hill. Vernon Hill is a bit of a legend, as he’s a guy who built a bank, Commerce Bank, from nothing into one of the most successful banks in the USofA….

For quite a while now, I’ve been keeping a secret. The secret is that there is a brand new retail bank being launched in Britain next year. And it’s not an internet bank. It’s not a call centre based bank. It’s not a bank without branches. It’s a brand, new and shiny, branch-based bank.A brand…

This week I’m at a major retail banking conference in Orlando, USA, home of Disney and Universal Studios. Sure, I can hear you all saying, what’s Chris doing at such a Mickey Mouse Conference, but it’s got over 4,000 retail bankers here, so it’s worth my while. Anyways, sitting around in the sunshine yesterday, I…

This week I’m at a major retail banking conference in Orlando, USA, home of Disney and Universal Studios. Sure, I can hear you all saying, what’s Chris doing at such a Mickey Mouse Conference, but it’s got over 4,000 retail bankers here, so it’s worth my while. Anyways, sitting around in the sunshine yesterday, I…

Fascinating article sent to me in the New York Times just before the election results were announced.  According to the article, "a $10,000 investment in the S.& P. stock market index would have grown to $11,733 if invested under Republican presidents only, although that would be $51,211 if we exclude Herbert Hoover’s presidency during the…

Fascinating article sent to me in the New York Times just before the election results were announced.  According to the article, "a $10,000 investment in the S.& P. stock market index would have grown to $11,733 if invested under Republican presidents only, although that would be $51,211 if we exclude Herbert Hoover’s presidency during the…

Fascinating article sent to me in the New York Times just before the election results were announced.  According to the article, "a $10,000 investment in the S.& P. stock market index would have grown to $11,733 if invested under Republican presidents only, although that would be $51,211 if we exclude Herbert Hoover’s presidency during the…

Flying out to the USofA tomorrow to host a group of international CxO’s from European and Asian banks at the BAI Retail Delivery Conference and Exhibition.  The BAI Show is the biggest Expo for Retail Banking in the world, with over 5,000 attendees and  Colin Powell as keynote.  So you know what I’m going to…