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Let me explain.. What technology can bring to table? Yesterday I was seeing some of the dashboards for banks. Looking at them, I found that it can’t be a dashboard - all static one. Like a standing ca...
Having mopped the floor with Jim Cramer and CNBC, the Daily Show's Jon Stewart has turned his attention to the practice of short-selling in this typically barbed report from regular correspondent Sa...
According to E&Y Fast Payout study, estimated cost to industry of proposed requirements are as follows Requirement Estimated Cost (GBP in Millions) % of total cost Data C...
Spain’s star is on the rise in the outsourcing world. Too long in the shadow of India and Eastern Europe as near and offshore solution, Spain is becoming the thinking company’s destination of choice. ...
The Hammer of the Gods came down on me. I pissed off Led Zeppelins lawyers. It wasn't intentional, I was just a fan. There wasn't even a term for it when I did it. What was it? Cybersquatting. Cybersq...
Actually thats a complete fabrication but if I entitled this blog CP 8/22 I didn't think I'd get much of a response . The recently released CP08/22 'Strengthening Liquidity Standards' is the FSA's res...
Getting the business wisdom Business wisdom is next level of business intelligence. Companies are stuck in bloody Red Ocean and fighting on to grab market share; nobody is trying to create a blue oce
Interesting development on the credit card front. Once more, the Government is trying to make out that the financial services industry is at fault for pushing credit on people. Whilst I subscribe to ...
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is the UK’s statutory compensation fund for financial defaults. This means that it is responsible for the payment of compensation to eligible customer...
A slew of job cuts across financial services have been announced over the course of the last few weeks and there is no doubt that these are the tip of the iceberg. Some reports have even gone as far ...
Information and phisical security in every country is continually at risk as long as identifing documents can be reproduced with ease. While progress is continually made to identify and authenticate
Want to know how Bernie Madoff swindled his billions, but only got a minute to spare? Ernie from Sesame Street explains all here. Not sure that I fully approve of Ernie's rather Tarantinoesque retrib...