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A place to share stuff that isn't at all fintec related but is amusing, absurd or scary.
Does this have any relevance to western 'micro-credit' or consumer credit cards? I notice the default rate heading over 10% for credit cards. This is a quote from a World Bank site discussing microfin...
To be a successful online trader you need to keep calm and rational but it can be a stressful business and sometimes emotions get the better of people. So Philips Electronics and ABN Amro have come up...
The word is out that those guys in the Google group UK Government Data Developers have got it right with their clouding up the government data. Thats not cloudy as in murky, but the Amazon and other c...
Announcement - looks like some a$$ kicking to follow.. Sidekick customers, during this service disruption, please DO NOT remove your battery, reset your Sidekick, or allow it to lose power. Updated: ...
The lurking danger of the DNA database and Government ID card systems. Governments are courting disaster. At a time when we're all even more concerned about governments wasting money they are trying t...
There is a new way to opt out of Googles coverage. If the video doesn't suit you we have a suggestion from a reader. Osama Bin Laden has personally recommended a nice cotton burqa and a plastic umb...
Ubank is celebrating it's first birthday by having a giant Pass-the-Parcel competition in Sydney next to the MCA this week. They're attempting to break the Guiness Book of Records and they're tempting...
Back a while now I made a few predictions and offered a few suggestions in my finextra blog. They were to do with what was about to happen. It appears that I had a pretty good handle on the future. O...
I got an email from someone today asking: 'when I wrote RIA, did I mean Rich Internet Applications or Registered Investment Advisors?' Of course, it is the sloppy journalist who relies on jargon (or a...
If I were Rupert Murdoch...I'd be in trouble. Some of our Greek readers will no doubt be considering my response many months ago when I was approached to participate in some Greek projects. I answered...
The Debtors/Consumer revolt has begun, Get those retirement pads ready, its going to get hotter in the banking kitchen. CNN story or her acadamy award nomination video at youtube
I was prompted to write a very short piece on McKinsey in response to the premise What Shape Will The Wireless Web Take? My comments may or may not be published so I'll put a few thoughts out here for...