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In the interests of research for a project (honest), I recently had cause to look into slang terminology for different amounts of currency. Which made me consider that if 'a Bernie' is worth £1 milli...
There was some discussion in the office about why it was called Eros. When we twigged the reason and that you can't after all use it in Ann Summers it seemed less interesting. Still I imagine early a...
US payments industry association NACHA has formed a 'green coalition' with a number of leading US banks to 'educate consumers' about the environmental benefits of electronic bills and statements over ...
Boffins at Carnegie Mellon University have developed an online game designed to teach Internet safety. Anti-Phishing Phil sees our fishy hero swimming in a sea of worms (URLs). He/we must work out wh...
Blogging can be time consuming so we're certainly not expecting people to do it every day - although there are folk who do this. If you want to give it a try, as a gentle introduction you may like to...
I've been with an online-only bank for years - the lovely Smile as it happens - so I'm hardly likely to go back to conventional banking. I'm also not sure what counts as a mishap online alluded to in ...
Sibos is a few days away, so if you know any good places in Boston that you are willing to share with the wider community - let us know. You can either comment on this blog or create a new blog post ...
A well-meaning member of our team forwarded this message earlier: If somebody called bm_tnoo7@hotmail.com adds you to their facebook account DONT accept it because its a hacker. Tell everyone on your ...
The internet age has unleashed a massive force that is accelerating innovation, it is facilitating a most potent human behaviour... that of community and it is no surprise FinExtra has moved to addre...
An interesting working paper from the Federal Reserve Board of Philadelphia which suggests that disputes over Intellectual Property rights pose a risk to the development of the Single Euro Payments ...
Why Modernize Now? Like their counterparts in other industries, Capital Markets participants manage to three primary challenges: cost, growth and risk. Depending upon the circumstances, these are addr...
On a recent trip to Singapore, I was shocked to see that the 3 bedroom flat that I used to rent with a few people in 2004 for SGP$2,100 was now renting for SGP$4,300. Just over double in 3 years. No...