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Archive for: March, 2009

Paul Penrose - Finextra - London | 18/03/2009 | 6087 views

Does Jon Stewart use inside information?

Having mopped the floor with Jim Cramer and CNBC, the Daily Show's Jon Stewart has turned his attention to the practice of short-selling in this typically barbed report from regular correspondent Samantha Bee (AKA the Money Honey Bee). For a comedian, Stewart's done a lascerating job in exposing Wall Street hypocrisy and cant. But is he trading on... Tags: Dealing rooms, Wholesale banking

Paul Penrose - Finextra - London | 16/03/2009 | 3142 views

Bernie Madoff is the Cookie Monster

Want to know how Bernie Madoff swindled his billions, but only got a minute to spare? Ernie from Sesame Street explains all here. Not sure that I fully approve of Ernie's rather Tarantinoesque retribution. Tags: Risk & regulation, Wholesale banking

Paul Penrose - Finextra - London | 12/03/2009 | 2612 views

Barclaycard goes viral with waterslide creative

A good example of viral marketing from Barclaycard, which is challenging the public to create a home-made version if its waterslide TV advertisement, in which an office drone travels from work to home down a gigantic waterslide, paying for goods and services on the way using his contactless debit card. The bank has posted its own spoof ad at http:... Tags: Cards, Retail banking

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