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When looking at the Greek and Irish Tragedies over the last couple of weeks and months, one thing that got me thinking is, could this have been prevented? Of course, the thought itself is brimmed with...
According to Kelkoo - the online retail comparison website - and Visa Europe, Monday 29 November is the busiest online shopping day of the year. Visa Europe expects 3.8m purchases worth £265m to be ma...
The image of the globe-trotting trader, dashing to the next team meeting in London, New York, Frankfurt or Shanghai is easy to imagine. But while the industry is more globalised than ever, the technol...
Ever clicked send on an email, and instantly regretted it? I think we’ve all been there – but perhaps not to the scale of one UBS employee this week, where a small error has created some rather signif...
It is worthwhile remembering that there is actually more than one victim involved in Direct Debit fraud. The Paying Bank executes the payment against a fraudulent direct debit mandate, and the Collect...
First thing I tell my seminar attendees is “The chances of anything bad ever happening to you is very slim. So don’t worry about. However you should still put these systems in place.” Are you a helico...
Following my last post in relation to the G20 summit in Seoul, I wanted to share some further thoughts, as it is clear that because of the diverse economic and regulatory environments in the G20, the
I have had a busy summer as having moved to the New York area with my family. Whilst we had to do a lot of preparation with going to the US embassy etc for visas, the move finally became "real&qu...
“Go and tidy your room or you won’t get any dessert!” I droop my shoulders and trudge off upstairs to set about the gargantuan task of bedroom tidying. It’s going to be tough. Its one thing to take th...
During the global financial crisis, governments spent billions to bail out banks in an effort to keep liquidity in the banking sector, largely so that lending could continue at a time when businesses ...
Following my last post in relation to the G20 summit in Seoul (On the brink of entering the Basel III era...) I wanted to share some further thoughts, since the G20 leaders signed off the Basel Comm
OTC Derivatives Regulation – Ready or Not? 8 things you need to worry about now With the passage this summer of sweeping regulatory reform in the US, there’s been a lot of discussion arou...