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It's hot news right now that Sir Fred Goodwin, the former CEO of the Royal Bank of Scotland, has filed a super-injunction to stop details coming out about his personal life in the press. The issue now is that everyone wants the super-injunction removed, with MPs threatening to make public and leak to the press…
Another aspect of trading that cropped up last week was the whole thing about trading psychologies. This was kicked off by one of the speakers, a Psychology Professor, exploring the psychology of trading. In his and many other studies, trading is very much akin to madness, with ‘the deal’ being linked to gambling, sex and worse. One of…
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about privacy and security over the past few weeks, as demonstrated by a range of blog entries: Will we ever have social security? Banks should advise customers on the do’s and don’ts of social networking Great identity theft infographic CNN – not news, but fraud How a cyber-security…
We are pleased to provide our monthly monitor of MTF performances in European Equities trading, in partnership with Thomson Reuters Equity Market Share Reporter (EMSR). Market Share based upon Euro Value March 2011 February 2011 Source: Thomson Reuters Equity Market Share Reporter Market Share based upon Volume of Trading March 2011 February 2011 Source: Thomson Reuters Equity…
Standard & Poor's have been talking to me for a while now, and sent a note yesterday that is quite intriguing. It's justifying their analysis of course, but when you think everyone goes on about credit rating agencies being at fault, we should sometimes pause to consider. Here's what the note says: Between 1981 and…
You may have seen the T-Mobile UK ads, where a flashmob arrive at Liverpool Street Station or Trafalgar Square, London, and start a song or greet passengers at Heathrow airport … brilliant. It's feelgood stuff, brings a smile to your face and is just, well, 21st century cool. So it's nice to see a bank…
Ernst & Young has just completed a massive survey of over 20,000 consumers worldwide to see what they think about their banks. Half of the consumers are from Europe, but the rest cover the globe with a strong showing in Latin America. The results are summarised in a 56-page report which you can download from…
Another day, another payments conference and this one is International Payments Summit 2011. Just had an interesting panel discussion with: Dr Michael Salmony of Equens; Dr Malte Krueger of the University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt; Bridget Taxy of De La Rue; and Ron Delnevo of Bank Machine; about the feasibility of a cashless society. We’ve…
We’ve had lots of discussions about the branch being dead. I’ve had many here, whilst lots of other websites and blogs have done the same. For example, my mate Brett King recently wrote a blog entry: “If your bank is opening branches – get worried” with some great stats: Bank visits have declined in the US by…
