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We’re not all doomed

According to the media in Britain this week, it’s all doom and gloom in the financial markets. Unemployment numbers up, inflation rising, house prices tanking, the euro sliding and oil and gold prices sunk.  The press are even forecasting that China and India’s economic boom is over and the whole world is slipping into recession….

We’re not all doomed

According to the media in Britain this week, it’s all doom and gloom in the financial markets. Unemployment numbers up, inflation rising, house prices tanking, the euro sliding and oil and gold prices sunk.  The press are even forecasting that China and India’s economic boom is over and the whole world is slipping into recession….

It’s banking, but not as we know it

Some brands are fairly ubiquitous. I have a Sony TV, Sony Mobile, Sony Laptop and Sony Games. My friend has a Virgin Mobile, Virgin Media with Virgin Broadband and Virgin Television, and flies with Virgin Atlantic. Another shops with Tesco online using Tesco broadband, they use their Tesco mobile whilst shopping in Tesco stores. These…

It’s banking, but not as we know it

Some brands are fairly ubiquitous. I have a Sony TV, Sony Mobile, Sony Laptop and Sony Games. My friend has a Virgin Mobile, Virgin Media with Virgin Broadband and Virgin Television, and flies with Virgin Atlantic. Another shops with Tesco online using Tesco broadband, they use their Tesco mobile whilst shopping in Tesco stores. These…

RBS results not so bad, so hire some mortgage advisors

After posting the rumour that Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) were going to record the biggest losses in banking history earlier this week, they actually announced a pre-tax loss of £691m for the first half of this year.  That’s almost £1.1 billion less than the Times guessed, but what’s a billion here or there. Meanwhile,…

John McCain versus Paris Hilton

Although it has nothing directly to do with banking, this is relevant as I’m hosting a group of European Retail Bankers to the USA this year.  Timing will be November 17th to 21st for the BAI Show, which is just after the US election. Now I always thought that Paris Hilton appeared to be a…

John McCain versus Paris Hilton

Although it has nothing directly to do with banking, this is relevant as I’m hosting a group of European Retail Bankers to the USA this year.  Timing will be November 17th to 21st for the BAI Show, which is just after the US election. Now I always thought that Paris Hilton appeared to be a…

John McCain versus Paris Hilton

Although it has nothing directly to do with banking, this is relevant as I’m hosting a group of European Retail Bankers to the USA this year.  Timing will be November 17th to 21st for the BAI Show, which is just after the US election. Now I always thought that Paris Hilton appeared to be a…

The future of trading

Sticking to the themes of the future covered yesterday, I wrote a white paper on the future of trading recently. Here's a short abstract: Lee Nixon opened his eyes as the room’s walls illuminated to intensity level 4. The walls were set to brighten gradually from 1:45 a.m. and it was now 2:00. Another fifteen…

Banking fifty years from now …

I was trying to think about what life would be like in fifty years. This was prompted by the imminent launch of Virgin Galactic. My guess is that space flight will be commonplace within fifty years. The reason I say this is that my parents thought it phantasmagorical for people to be able to fly…

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