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Dean Procter - Transinteract - Sydney | 27/09/2009 | 2146 views

No More Business As Usual For Banks - G20

Recent events may have forever changed the global economic system. That isn't to say capitalism is dead, no its alive and will become well, eventually. It will just be a different style of capitalism. It won't, however, be back to business as usual for banks. Unrestrained capitalism rather obviously leads to no good. Good is sort of what it is re...

Keith Appleyard - available for hire - Bromley | 25/09/2009 | 2575 views | 1 comment

Ministry of Justice employees overpaid by 1.5m pounds

Freedom of Information Act requests revealed more than 1,000 staff at the department were overpaid a total of £1,522,995 over the last three years – but more than half that total will never be paid back. In one case, a civil servant nearly doubled their salary. The unnamed official was handed an extra £18,500, on top of annual ea... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Dean Procter - Transinteract - Sydney | 19/09/2009 | 2130 views

21st Century Transaction Systems and Health Care

When thinking about doing things differently in the transaction and identity space its hard to go past the health care industry. There are an awful lot of health care transactions and with the right system in place we might be able to learn how to improve health care in general. I know President Obama's heart is in the right place with health care... Tags: Payments

Matt White - Finextra - London | 18/09/2009 | 2542 views | 2 comments

Oh no, not more Twitter-related 'news'

Couple of stories from the FT this week that demonstrate the value of social networks to the financial world (or alternatively, the media's obsession with Twitter and Facebook - you decide). First up, Nomura has apparently been using Facebook to track down Lehman Brothers graduate trainees so it can offer them jobs. I suppose it makes a nice chang... Tags: Dealing rooms

Dean Procter - Transinteract - Sydney | 16/09/2009 | 1280 views

So the Bull Has Come Out For A Walk

Are we seeing the up-and-up?