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Is short selling really bad for my investments' health? Following on from my previous blog... I have checked with my fund manager (a rather large Scottish institution), and they confirmed to me that ...
Those that are praying Jacques de Larosiere and his team will produce a panacea to address all the shortcomings of Europe’s financial infrastructure today are likely to be disappointed. My sources te...
"Chase Card Services, the credit card division of JP Morgan Chase & Co. [NYSE:JPM], announced that it recently received a patent from the United States Patent Office for its breakthrough frau...
Reuters is reporting that many analysts are sceptical of the desirability as well as the effectiveness of any form of nationalization of US banking sector. A variety of arguments are being offered by...
It’s not just the banks that have taken a hammering recently, hedge funds have had more than their fair share too. Tainted by Madoff’s high profile Ponzi scheme and used as a scapegoat for much of the...
A relevant solution to solve this issue is to add an extra layer of security avoiding the capability to "repay" with the same data (card details - static information). Would you accept a sys...
It is difficult to swallow the idea that the media is responsible for the current loss of confidence. Perhaps a deepening might be accredited to media, but I think the worst news came in the form of t...
Most old-fashioned lending bankers would probably see the belated recognition that we need to reintroduce lending controls as a step in the right direction. For some time now, some of us have argued ...
This market is playing with our future like a dog with a ball. Consider that one year ago RBS paid $100bn for ABN Amro. That seemingly impossible amount would now buy: more
According to a recent article apologies matter to China. The focus of the article was on the Olympian swimmer Michael Phelps who addressed fans in China following photographs published of him smoking ...
Ok here’s what I’ve been working on. The patent was filed this week, so I can finally talk about it. Taggo is deigned to add mobile tap and go convenience and one-step enrolment to existing loyalty a...
While waiting at Kennington station this morning (imagine my usual rant here about how crap the Northern Line is these days) I had time to look at the free newspaper. In fact I had time to read War an...