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As mentioned, I’m now becoming a collector of weird and wacky bank notes, as well as those that are hugely historical or politically interesting. This is particularly worthwhile as cash is disappearing fast so these notes won't be around for long (I jest, of course). Actually, bank notes are interesting, as blogged about yesterday with…

During my trip to Africa, we had a few days out at the magnificent Victoria Falls.  An amazing natural wonder of the world, particularly from the Zimbabwean side of the falls where you can walk the 1.8 kilometres opposite the massively flowing waters. I mention this because I’ve known about Zimbabwe’s currency explosion for a…

Just recovering from a two week stint abroad – more on this later this week – and back to blogging as usual. However, as my brain has been completely switched off from banking and stuff (well, almost), I'm going to share a couple of interesting infographics I received whilst away. Today's is on Google and…

A wealthy businessman gave a very emotional speech about his rise to glory. “When I first came to this town thirty years ago”, he said, “I had no car.  I just had the suit on my back.  The soles of my shoes were worn thin and I carried all of my possessions in a brown…

I hosted a dinner this week, where a group of senior bank executives involved in cleaning up the PPI mess gathered to debate and discuss what had been learnt from the experience. For those overseas readers who are unfamiliar with the situation, the UK banking industry has been caught out with a massive consumer mis-selling…