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Archive for: November, 2009

Keith Appleyard - available for hire - Bromley | 25/11/2009 | 3134 views

Retain the Cheques for Small Business and Small People

I see both sides of this coin at the Children's Charity (Playgroup) I run. Only yesterday I received 3 Invoices, none of which contained any Bank details, so I was obliged to pay by Cheque. I’m just finishing off a Cheque Book I started in September 2006. I even have some Suppliers whose latest Invoices show no Bank details, yet earlier Inv... Tags: Online banking, Payments

Elizabeth Lumley - Finextra - London | 25/11/2009 | 2314 views

You can use it ...even if you are a Sugarbabe

I just needed to share this with the Finextra Community. So much better than the Window 7 house party - Push that button baby! (for those outside the UK - the Sugarbabes are an all-girl UK supergroup, (and I mean super) who tend to upgrade with new members every year. Kind of like...) See the ads here.

Paul Penrose - Finextra - London | 16/11/2009 | 5087 views

Thomson Reuters logo goes down the pan

Credit to Reuters' blogger Felix Salmon for picking this one up from the Post Secrets blog. The secret story of Thomson Reuters new logo, as told by a disaffected design team member: Tags: Dealing rooms, Wholesale banking

Dean Procter - Transinteract - Sydney | 16/11/2009 | 2279 views | 2 comments

Spam and the Phishing Opt Out

Given my fairly loud views about green browser bars and snake oil (in case you haven't read them - basically I put them on a par with the guys who sell those pills alleged to make one's parts bigger). I don't have a great deal of faith in them and I'm well endowed enough already. This didn't stop Verisign from sending me a suspicious email: "It's ...

Dean Procter - Transinteract - Sydney | 15/11/2009 | 2702 views | 1 comment

It Isn't Safer To Check Your Account Often Online

Given the level of malware we see evading virtually every anti-virus or security fix internet banking has never been less safe. At present the most sensible course of action is to put a freeze on your credit file, switch the majority of your funds a non-internet account and use cash. If the only one who knows about your account is you and the bank...