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Aden Davies - HSBC - Sheffield | 17/07/2012 | 4087 views | 6 comments

People sharing photos of cards online are not idiots...

...they might just be your increasingly rare fans. A few weeks back a new service started on twitter. @NeedADebitCard collated all the finest photos from the Internet taken by people keen to share their debit/credit card details and design with the world. The instant reaction to this by most sane individuals is ‘what are you doing you idiots... Tags: Security, Online bankingGroup: Social Banks

Aden Davies - HSBC - Sheffield | 07/06/2012 | 3999 views | 3 comments

Why aren't banks part of the web?

*SOUND THE NAVEL GAZING ALARM* While writing my last post on PFMs I was struck by how certain ideas and themes recur in my writing and thinking. I am starting to get the feeling I am burdened by these ideas. My brilliance is being hampered by these synapse occupying visions of majesty so much so that my humility has been diminished. Self mockery as... Tags: Online banking, Retail banking

Aden Davies - HSBC - Sheffield | 04/05/2012 | 5336 views | 4 comments

The problem with PFM

I love online Personal Financial Management tools. These web based services which allow people to visualize and manage their financial lives in one place, using pretty graphs to show where their money goes, set budgets and alerts, have shown how money should be viewed and interacted with in a richer way than most banks currently provide. The proble... Tags: Security, Online bankingGroup: Online Banking