Humour

May 4, 2009

Thank heavens, there’s no commute today

It's a holiday weekend and no commute today. Thank gawd as some of us have to really suffer to get to work: and I thought my train ride was crowded!

Apr 30, 2009

Why mobile banking has taken so long

I had a call the other day about the success of Chip & PIN. This is because of the latest fraud figures from APACS, which shows UK retailer fraud shrank from £73.2 million in 2005 to £37.5 million in 2008. This year, merchant fraud has risen 26% to £47.4 million, the largest jump in criminal…

Apr 30, 2009

Why mobile banking has taken so long

Apr 24, 2009

Fred Goodwin is now with Nomura

Nomura, owners of Lehmans and Instinet Europe as well as Chi-x, have made some interesting moves during this downturn. The latest is that their key strategist for investments is none other than Fred Goodwin, otherwise known as Mr. Macro. From Bloomberg today: Mr. Macro, Stock Rally Prognosticator, Sees Declines April 24 (Bloomberg) — A global…

Apr 24, 2009

Fred Goodwin is now with Nomura

Apr 24, 2009

Fred Goodwin is now with Nomura

Apr 22, 2009

Bank avoids job hunters

Another year, another TradeTech, Europe’s largest technology exhibition and conference focused upon the investment markets for the buy and sell side. I love TradeTech. The smell of money, the buzz of aggressive trading strategies, the master of the universe swagger as you walk round the exhibit hall, the sound of ‘buy, buy, buy’. More like…

Apr 22, 2009

Bank avoids job hunters

Apr 22, 2009

A Blankety-Blank Cheque Book and Pen!

I am so, so, so, sooooooo saaaddddd! My wife actually accuses me of being a banking geek junkie, which shows just how sad I am. How sad am I? Well, there was a classic old gameshow in Britain that ran through the 1980's and 1990's called Blankety Blank. It was a cheap BBC show that…

Apr 17, 2009

Happy 20th Birthday Dilbert

I can't believe it, it's Dilbert's 20th birthday already. The first strip appeared on April 16th 1989, and since then has made its creator Scott Adams a mint. He now has a very successful website and blog, which ain't bad for a software developer at Crocker National Bank. Scott worked there from 1979 – 1986,…