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The finance industry is losing many of its major names as the crisis begins to bite. Some of the names may stay but they are now owned by behemoth banks who just get bigger and bigger. We are going to...
I'm not surprised that borrowers are seeking alternatives, but I must confess that I'm a little confused about what would motivate lenders to consider "alternative" opportunities at this sta...
A digital clock erected in Times Square to show the US national debt has run out of digits. When the national debt level passed the $10 trillion mark a couple of weeks ago, the digital display failed ...
Now I know this might be a small issue in the whole scheme of the global financial meltdown but HSBC seems to be plummeting to new depths of desperation. Only this week, I learnt how HSBC has been
As a Liverpudlian, I'm pleased to see Barclays creating new jobs in my home town. But as a Barclays' customer my heart sinks at the creation of this new 'proactive' call centre. Explaining the investm...
When the dust has settled on the financial crisis there will be a complete and detailed analysis by the politicians rather than the industry. The finance industry does suffer short memory syndrome and...
While there is some reporatge of the latest report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on ID Fraud, I cannot find the APPG's report, or even its press release anywhere. The APPG's website (www.fhcrea...
New research has shown that outsourcing low level IT jobs to countries such as India and China means that companies are both offering less technical opportunities for graduates whilst increasing mid l...
Here's a moderately amusing viral video on YouTube attempting to plug PDC 2008, where traditionally Microsoft unveil their future of "the Platform" and technical strategy. Their what? At th...
The UK government could never have foreseen that during their time in office, they would nationalise the high street banks and what's more with the support of the opposition and the City in general. W...
With the announcement that Lloyds TSB is adding the functionality to transfer funds via SMS through its mobile banking service, it’s starting to look like the industry may need to consider new authent...
A key element in the development of any tangible product is the risk analysis that is (or should be) included in the design stage. If I build this object/product as specified, how safe is it going to ...