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Credit or Media, the recession root

I am looking forward to the UK government disposing of its bank holdings at the right time and paying off the national debt. However the root of recession lies not in the poor credit practices that ha...

17 Nov 2008
A Finextra Member

How safe are you online?

Think you're safe? Try this! (only applies to Windows PC users). It's a bit slow and plodding but it does the job. Yes - it's Get safe online week - an annual UK bash to make the public aware of the ...

17 Nov 2008
Steve Ellis

RIP Reg Varney - first man to use a UK ATM

Reg Varney, a British Comedian famed for his role in On the Buses in the late 60s/early 70s, sadly died yesterday. Curiously he also has a footnote in fintec history. Slip your anoraks, on everyone......

17 Nov 2008
Whatever...
A Finextra Member

Mobile Makers Could Learn From Detroit

Mobile manufactureres and gadget makers could learn a thing or two from Detroit. I doubt that 48% of new car buyers need help operating their new cars, yet that is the figure for gadgets. If the auto-...

17 Nov 2008
Whatever...
Stanley Epstein

New products - watch your operational risk management

As a committed operational risk professional, I cannot help but stare in amazement amidst all the financial ruin and desolation that surrounds us. The hand wringing and the weeping about credit risk, ...

16 Nov 2008
A Finextra Member

Banks Can Set A Good Example With Energy Smarts

The Morgan Stanley tidal power generation project is clearly a potentially very good investment. Citi's smart data centre also contributes to better energy efficiency. These investments should inspire...

16 Nov 2008
Going green
A Finextra Member

Cogratulations on hitting 3 million!

Congratulations to Paul and everyone at Finextra. Finextra is my number one site for banking news and I have been relying on it for many years. Colin

16 Nov 2008
A Finextra Member

Is Regulation Needed To Protect The Market From Itself?

I tend to simplify and generalise on a blog, I don't wish to take up to much of readers time. I'll attempt to simplify my view of the markets. It's a sea of money. Incentive. A medium for exchange. Re...

16 Nov 2008
Whatever...
A Finextra Member

Aussie Crash Remedy, Party Naked at the White Cock-a-too?

Australian resort owner Tony Fox has followed the time-honoured tradition of partying while Rome burns, with a month long all-nude and anything goes party at his White Cockatoo tropical resort in Que...

15 Nov 2008
Whatever...
Paul Penrose

SEB's Benche beats market downturn

SEB's Benche project fits squarely into the new model Web 2.0 world as an open community platform where trade finance professionals can participate in discussions threads and ask questions of experts...

14 Nov 2008
Finance 2.0
Matt White

Pay the robot, or else

Dave Birch, on his Digital Money blog, has found what may well be the fintech geek's ultimate fantasy - a payments terminal in the shape of a life-sized android. Developed in Japan (of course) by NEC...

14 Nov 2008
A Finextra Member

Data Integration a way towards consolidation and reduction

At the FIMA conference this week in London, where I was speaking and chairing an afternoon session, the issue of Data Integration was debated, pulled apart and assessed by a whole range of expert peop...

14 Nov 2008
Data Management 101

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