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The Finanser’s Week: 14th January to 20th January 2013

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Innovation has nothing to do with technology Just been talking about innovation with a bunch of folks and found myself getting more and more wound up about the way people bandy the word around without knowing its meaning. It’s not that I’m some pedant or radical…

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The Finanser’s Week: 14th January to 20th January 2013

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Innovation has nothing to do with technology Just been talking about innovation with a bunch of folks and found myself getting more and more wound up about the way people bandy the word around without knowing its meaning. It’s not that I’m some pedant or radical…

Invest Northern Ireland

The Finanser’s Week: 1st January to 13th January 2013

Our biggest stories of the past week are … 2013 Big Bank Resolutions Trust y’all had a super break and then suddenly here we are in 2013.  So, in the spirit of 2013, here are the New Year’s Resolutions of five big bank CEO’s: Ten wild predictions for 2013 Next week, I’ll get back to…

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The Finanser’s Week: 1st January to 13th January 2013

Our biggest stories of the past week are … 2013 Big Bank Resolutions Trust y’all had a super break and then suddenly here we are in 2013.  So, in the spirit of 2013, here are the New Year’s Resolutions of five big bank CEO’s: Ten wild predictions for 2013 Next week, I’ll get back to…

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The Finanser’s Week: 17th December – 23rd December 2012

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Season’s Greetings 2012 It's holiday time! The Finanser is now off on holidays until January 3rd, and wishes all of our readers the very best for the holiday season. Thinking about 2013, here's our message for the New Year … Were Skinner's 2012 predictions right? At…

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The Finanser’s Week: 10th December – 16th December 2012

Our biggest stories of the past week are …  Risk is a many splendored thing I was asked to give a pre-dinner speech by SAS for a group of Chief Risk Officers (CRO’s) in Amsterdam recently. Here’s the speech. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I wasn’t sure how to start this evening, and decided to……

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The Finanser’s Week: 3rd December – 9th December 2012

Our biggest stories of the past week are …  Why transparency is NOT the solution We had a good debate this week about the future for multilateral interchange fees (MIFs) amongst the card companies. The argument made for change by regulators appears to boil down to that the card operators and issuers are ripping off……

Invest Northern Ireland

The Finanser’s Week: 3rd December – 9th December 2012

Our biggest stories of the past week are …  Why transparency is NOT the solution We had a good debate this week about the future for multilateral interchange fees (MIFs) amongst the card companies. The argument made for change by regulators appears to boil down to that the card operators and issuers are ripping off……

Invest Northern Ireland

The Finanser’s Week: 26th November – 2nd December 2012

Our biggest stories of the past week are …  £3 million from a simple ATM skim I was just surfing the BBC news for information about the new Governor of the Bank of England and found this as the #1 most viewed video clip today.  EMIR, LEIs and other clearing issues  Further to the launch…

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The Finanser’s Week: 26th November – 2nd December 2012

Our biggest stories of the past week are …  £3 million from a simple ATM skim I was just surfing the BBC news for information about the new Governor of the Bank of England and found this as the #1 most viewed video clip today.  EMIR, LEIs and other clearing issues  Further to the launch…

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