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Paul Penrose

A letter to the editor

Who would want to be a bank boss? Andrew Clare from the Cass Business School, clearly thinks it worth a punt. From the letters page of the FT: Sir I know that this is not normally the forum to adverti...

08 Apr 2008
Whatever...
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Is MiFID good for investors?

MiFID was implemented over 6 months ago and it's worth looking at its first impacts and questioning if the investors are actually better off than a year ago? The obvious change that is probably the se...

08 Apr 2008
MiFID
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When you're up to your neck in liquidity...

I note with continuing interest the news that the central banks are continuing to pump money into the markets to "ease liquidity" with a stunning lack of effect. It occurs to me that they se...

08 Apr 2008
SWIFT Matters
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Police Minister Crying Wolf or Under-informed ABA Chief?

What's going on here then? Police Minister Urges Consumers To Look Out For Credit Card Fraud “There are potentially thousands of customers across all the major banks whose details have potentially end...

08 Apr 2008
Whatever...
Paul Penrose

HSBC loses credibility as well as data

Given the regulatory and reputational risk associated with the loss of personal customer data it beggars belief that a top tier bank can still think it's OK to despatch an unecrypted computer disc con...

08 Apr 2008
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Bankers get hint of new Windows version

Following on from previous discussions of Vista on this site, interesting to see The Register reporting that Mr Gates said at a meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank on Friday that Windows 7...

08 Apr 2008
Video extravaganza
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'Kraken' - and opening the email channel for Financials

Botnets Enlarging, Again There must still be a few idiots opening those unsolicited emails. Apart from the facts that my wife would leave me if I took up all those 'enlarging' offers and I'm too hones...

08 Apr 2008
Innovation in Financial Services
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The flaw in some mobile commerce - what's your number?

It seems everyone is getting 'into' mobile transactions, mostly without thinking. Paymate India have introduced SMS based payments:; "Once you choose to pay via PayMate at any of the accredited...

07 Apr 2008
Innovation in Financial Services
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Huge botnet advances on humanity wielding deadly SPAM

An already large botnet appears to be growing at an alarming rate - having expanded by 100,000 machines in the last month. Kraken - the malware that infects the victims' PCs - is similar to the Storm...

07 Apr 2008
Paul Penrose

Bank execs pay ultimate price for wrong bet

Two bank workers who stole 45 million yuan (HK$49.93 million) to buy lottery tickets have been executed in Hebei province, according to an AFP report quoting the Xinhau News Agency. The two vault man...

07 Apr 2008
Whatever...
Elizabeth Lumley

Death by Blogging?

There is an article in the NY Times today called In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop . The article talks about the immense pressure bloggers (especially technology bloggers) face...

07 Apr 2008
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We don't want to 'bank' we just want 'easy money'

More about 'Mobilisation and The Art of War in Transaction Space'. Whether online or in a branch - people DON'T WANT TO 'BANK' - it's just a necessary evil. The main reason that banks don't feature in...

06 Apr 2008
Innovation in Financial Services

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