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Read More »It’s summer, it’s Friday and yes, it’s beach party time. In this latest news on beach trends, folks "will wear wristbands that automatically debit their bank accounts or credit cards to pay for beach access, food and parking". Yes, it’s true. In Ocean City, New …
Read More »It’s summer, it’s Friday and yes, it’s beach party time. In this latest news on beach trends, folks "will wear wristbands that automatically debit their bank accounts or credit cards to pay for beach access, food and parking". Yes, it’s true. In Ocean City, New …
Read More »It’s summer, it’s Friday and yes, it’s beach party time. In this latest news on beach trends, folks "will wear wristbands that automatically debit their bank accounts or credit cards to pay for beach access, food and parking". Yes, it’s true. In Ocean City, New …
Read More »It’s summer, it’s Friday and yes, it’s beach party time. In this latest news on beach trends, folks "will wear wristbands that automatically debit their bank accounts or credit cards to pay for beach access, food and parking". Yes, it’s true. In Ocean City, New …
Read More »It’s summer, it’s Friday and yes, it’s beach party time. In this latest news on beach trends, folks "will wear wristbands that automatically debit their bank accounts or credit cards to pay for beach access, food and parking". Yes, it’s true. In Ocean City, New …
Read More »Interesting research that was blasted across the UK press yesterday. The research came from the recently IPO’d website moneysupermarket.com, which reckons that we could be paying an average of £300 a year in current account charges if the UK’s free banking system is changed to …
Read More »Interesting research that was blasted across the UK press yesterday. The research came from the recently IPO’d website moneysupermarket.com, which reckons that we could be paying an average of £300 a year in current account charges if the UK’s free banking system is changed to …
Read More »The International Monetary Fund has just issued their analysis of what’s going on in European financial markets (64 page pdf), with a particular focus on MiFID. Here’s a summary of the key headline impacts of MiFID in their view: the new environment created by MiFID …
Read More »There appears to be a perfect storm brewing in the private equity and hedge fund markets. Similarly you cannot avoid the bad news about Bear Stearns right now with Warren Spector, co-President and co-COO, resigning over the weekend amid major issues over sub-prime mortgage debts. …
Read More »There appears to be a perfect storm brewing in the private equity and hedge fund markets. Similarly you cannot avoid the bad news about Bear Stearns right now with Warren Spector, co-President and co-COO, resigning over the weekend amid major issues over sub-prime mortgage debts. …
Read More »The FSA’s principle-based approach to regulation has won it a lot of favorable attention in the US. Leave it to the Wall Street Journal to weigh in with criticism for its failure to protect individual shareholders in the UK. The Journal sees the FSA as …
Read More »The FSA’s principle-based approach to regulation has won it a lot of favorable attention in the US. Leave it to the Wall Street Journal to weigh in with criticism for its failure to protect individual shareholders in the UK. The Journal sees the FSA as …
Read More »The FSA’s principle-based approach to regulation has won it a lot of favorable attention in the US. Leave it to the Wall Street Journal to weigh in with criticism for its failure to protect individual shareholders in the UK. The Journal sees the FSA as …
Read More »The FSA’s principle-based approach to regulation has won it a lot of favorable attention in the US. Leave it to the Wall Street Journal to weigh in with criticism for its failure to protect individual shareholders in the UK. The Journal sees the FSA as …
Read More »We all know how successful PayPal is but, just in case you missed it, then checkout the story I wrote about them in March. Speaking of Checkout, there is a potential competitor to PayPal emerging in the form of Google’s Checkout system. There’s already been …
Read More »Everyone needs to smile now and then … even MiFID programme managers. I have failed to come up with a joke about MiFID for two years now, and have decided to stick to think-tanking. Please help me … As we approach M-Day, please provide your …
Read More »Everyone needs to smile now and then … even MiFID programme managers. I have failed to come up with a joke about MiFID for two years now, and have decided to stick to think-tanking. Please help me … As we approach M-Day, please provide your …
Read More »500 billion what’s you ask? Well dollars of course. The reason this crops up today is that fellow financial blogger – that’s blogger, no ‘u’ in there in case you misread – Dave Birch of Consult Hyperion has given airing in his latest …
Read More »500 billion what’s you ask? Well dollars of course. The reason this crops up today is that fellow financial blogger – that’s blogger, no ‘u’ in there in case you misread – Dave Birch of Consult Hyperion has given airing in his latest …
Read More »After three years of anticipation, we’re now just 93 days away from 1st November and the implementation of MiFID. Now you would think that after 1,217 days of thinking about MiFID’s implications and implementation, that most folks would be ready … pah! Just last week …
Read More »In an eight-page document to the Chief Executives of UK Banks released on Friday, the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) accused the UK Banking industry of being "unfair". The document concludes an investigation into unauthorised overdraft charging complaints procedures. In softening the blow with an …
Read More »In an eight-page document to the Chief Executives of UK Banks released on Friday, the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) accused the UK Banking industry of being "unfair". The document concludes an investigation into unauthorised overdraft charging complaints procedures. In softening the blow with an …
Read More »CNBC in the USA ran a report at the end of June on mobile banking. The report is interesting as 2007 is definitely the year of the mobile phone, or cellphone if you’re American, with Bank of America, Citibank, Wachovia, Washington Mutual, Wells Fargo, and …
Read More »CNBC in the USA ran a report at the end of June on mobile banking. The report is interesting as 2007 is definitely the year of the mobile phone, or cellphone if you’re American, with Bank of America, Citibank, Wachovia, Washington Mutual, Wells Fargo, and …
Read More »Y’know I was going to write an indepth analysis of the ECB’s 5th report on SEPA titled: "SEPA: from Concept to Reality" (31 page pdf download) only to find my Dutch friend Donald at the excellent blogspot Linkdump on Payments had beaten me to it. …
Read More »from PJ Di Giammarino of JWG-IT: The Financial Serivces industry think-tank Industry has the potential to save EUR millions through a new approach London – July 2007. JWG-IT Group Limited, the think-tank for EU-driven IT change in financial services, is pleased to announce that the …
Read More »from PJ Di Giammarino of JWG-IT: The Financial Serivces industry think-tank Industry has the potential to save EUR millions through a new approach London – July 2007. JWG-IT Group Limited, the think-tank for EU-driven IT change in financial services, is pleased to announce that the …
Read More »from PJ Di Giammarino of JWG-IT: The Financial Serivces industry think-tank Thomson IFR announce the publication of ‘Who’s ready for MiFID?’ by PJ Di Giammarino, CEO, JWG-IT Think-Tank. The IFR Market Intelligence report is the first comprehensive healthcheck of EU capital markets’ new capabilities that …
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