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HSBC is doing its bit for international relations at this year's Sibos in Hong Kong by sending out a handy wallet-sized Cantonese phrase card to all delegates attending the international banking conve...
James Gardner, head of innovation and research at Lloyds Banking Group, is quiting his position to join the UK Government's Department for Work and Pensions. What does this say about the role of innov...
OMG. Twitter down. Hit by DoS attack. Facebook also grinding. Cyber-sabotage suspected. And we can't even tweet the news. World grinds to halt. Not
For a Swift geek like me, the publication of the co-operative’s annual report offers a rare opportunity to gauge the mood of the executive committee and the board ahead of the annual user conference. ...
Mint's online lifestyle mag does its bit to remind us all how deep in the mire we are with the snazzy 'One Trillion Dollars Visualised' animation. In layman's terms, that one trillion dollars would b...
Twitter has suffered an embarassing security lapse after a hacker stole hundreds of confidential documents and released them in the blogosphere. Explaining the break-in, Twitter CEO Biz Stone writes...
Goldman Sachs hasn't had the best of press lately. A recent Rolling Stone article went as far as to describe the firm as "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly ...
The UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published proposals that for the first time will 'name and shame' banks with a poor record for handling customer complaints. The proposals would see fi...
Wells Fargo's Guided by History blog has unearthed a great architectural curio from the early 1970s. To celebrate its centennial year in 1972, NorthWest National Bank created and staffed a space age ...
Whoa! Run that by me again. The London Stock Exchange is seriously contemplating scrapping its £40 million TradElect system. The TradElect switch was flipped amid great fanfare barely two years ago, f...
That's the literal translation of CheBanca which offers an innovative take on the traditonal bank branch courtesy of Milan design studio Crea International. It's as sleek and cool as the Apple Store....
The Bank for International Settlements thinks that financial instruments should be classified like medicinal drugs to protect investors and prevent firms from excessive over-indulgence in potentially ...