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Nick Clegg, leader of the UK Liberal Democrat Party, and David Howarth, MP for Cambridgeshire announced their new party policy on protections against identity fraud during a recent visit to Cambridge...
Now lets be totally candid about this and all admit what millions of people already know Offshore Call Centres in financial services are not working. They may be cost effective to the firms off shorin...
A bit tongue in cheek, this, okay? The overarching problem we face is the high level of indebtedness. People have borrowed too much, the banks have lent too much, it's becoming impossible to service ...
As news from the markets veer from bad to worse and each day brings more doom and gloom its worth noting one of the big success story's of the last few years. EMXCo were set up in the 20th century to ...
I have a few issues with CHIP and PIN or No PIN. 1. It is a security failure of the system which renders the PIN unusable, and turns it into a weakness rather than a strength. 2. The system now relies...
It is interesting to see the commentary in the press about the 'part-nationalisations' of the three banks. It was also illuminating to see the Chancellor on Newsnight last night, being very shifty ab...
Just a thought, but the shareholders of Lloyds, HBOS and RBS presumably will have to pass board resolutions allowing the boards to a) issue the preference shares and b) issue sufficient new ordinary s...
" Surely the stockmarket can't go any lower" Alot of people have been asking this question recently and wondering if its time to step in to the markets! After five days or so of heavy losses...
Now that governments across Europe have part nationalised the banks perhaps we can get away from the hysteria in the media, which is focussing too much on the market value and not on the underlying. T...
An interesting story on Finextra that Barclays are to create over 200 new call centre jobs in Liverpool. A lot of reasons why this is interesting. One is that with the credit crunch it's good to see...
The part nationalisation of UK banks looks like it will become a global phenomenon with the US already moving towards this solution and the EU following suit if weekend reports are accurate. Is this a...
When you listen to the news and read the various reports on the financial crisis, the market's crash it is always intertwined with the problems in the economy. However, the two do not have as close a...