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Is it just me, or is the offshore call centre a sinister new ploy by Big Business to frustrate awkward customers? I’ve got no empirical data to back up this wild assumption, but it seems that every t...
In his ever-informative BankerVision blog, Lloyds TSB's James Gardner reports back from the latest TTI Vanguard meeting on technology trends in Canada. He was particularly struck by a presentation t...
Valuing companies is always great fun. Ask 100 different analysts and you will likely hear 100 different numbers. Even with reasonably good transparency and sound forecasting methodologies, the final ...
A recent survey by the CBI employer’s organisation has found that there is a distinct lack of graduates in science, technology, engineering and maths (or stem) subjects. Almost half of organisations a...
I have written evidence that some of Europe's largest Corporates have expressed a number of serious issues to the EPC where SEPA is failing and in danger of deteriorating to a simple Bank to Bank syst...
The announcement that OMGEO is leading the way to finally eliminate paper confirmations as a regulatory requirement can only be welcomed by all in the securities industry. The explosion of electronic ...
The speculation that DTCC are in talks with LCH Clearnet, with a merger as a possible result must be music to the ears of everyone in the securities market. The consolidation of Clearing on this scale...
According to the BBC, a blogger who took aim at the police over what he considered mistreatment has been fined £150 with £364 costs for posting a "grossly offensive and menacing message". H...
I saw a very gratifying announcement today in the news. The Reserve Bank of India (central bank) has given its formal blessing to mobile payment systems in India. "The Reserve Bank of India is f...
Instead of a merger between the DTCC and LCH.Clearnet, that probably is more driven by the ego of people involved, a merger of post-trading infrastructures in the field of clearing/central counterpart...
The latest fad amongst phishers is calling up and claiming to be from the courts and the police. Australian Fraud Squad detectives have today issued a warning following several reports in the past 24...
The real impact of the European Commission Code of Conduct for Clearing and Settlement has been somewhat patchy. Despite 60 organisations – representatives of Europe’s stock exchanges, clearing houses...