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Why some banks do themselves no favours

I don’t like to use this blog to whinge, moan or rant, but I found an issue during a mortgage transfer and think this letter speaks for itself: Dear sirs Attached is my payment for the arrangement fee of our mortgage transfer.  In your mortgage documentation section 8, it states I have to pay the…

Why some banks do themselves no favours

I don’t like to use this blog to whinge, moan or rant, but I found an issue during a mortgage transfer and think this letter speaks for itself: Dear sirs Attached is my payment for the arrangement fee of our mortgage transfer.  In your mortgage documentation section 8, it states I have to pay the…

Why some banks do themselves no favours

I don’t like to use this blog to whinge, moan or rant, but I found an issue during a mortgage transfer and think this letter speaks for itself: Dear sirs Attached is my payment for the arrangement fee of our mortgage transfer.  In your mortgage documentation section 8, it states I have to pay the…

Oh dear, a glass of wine and karaoke

Oh dear … I was caught out at the Karaoke bar during SIBOS in Vienna at the closing night singing (?) Mack the Knife … and no, this is not my mates, my film or my idea, but as it’s on YouTube … Never again, never again.

Oh dear, a glass of wine and karaoke

Oh dear … I was caught out at the Karaoke bar during SIBOS in Vienna at the closing night singing (?) Mack the Knife … and no, this is not my mates, my film or my idea, but as it’s on YouTube … Never again, never again.

Oh dear, a glass of wine and karaoke

Oh dear … I was caught out at the Karaoke bar during SIBOS in Vienna at the closing night singing (?) Mack the Knife … and no, this is not my mates, my film or my idea, but as it’s on YouTube … Never again, never again.

Welcome to the lost bank

After pounding the exhibit hall for a while, and dropping into a few sessions on SEPA and regulations without learning too much, I decided to see what today’s main plenary would tell me. Walking down towards the plenary, my mood continued to be cheered by the signage that SWIFT has laid on here this year….

Sovereign Wealth Funds, Gucci and Prada

It’s morning on the second day of SIBOS 2008, and I’m thinking it’s horrible. That’s a good start to the day, but it’s horrible weather.  Non-stop rain and only 10 degrees C.  In fact, it was horrible yesterday and the day before. Actually, the whole summer has been pretty horrendous. London has had nothing but…

Sovereign Wealth Funds, Gucci and Prada

It’s morning on the second day of SIBOS 2008, and I’m thinking it’s horrible. That’s a good start to the day, but it’s horrible weather.  Non-stop rain and only 10 degrees C.  In fact, it was horrible yesterday and the day before. Actually, the whole summer has been pretty horrendous. London has had nothing but…

A momentous morning

I’m here at SIBOS, Day One.  Like last year’s SIBOS, the credit crunch dominates the news. Unlike last year’s SIBOS, the credit crunch is now a once a week affair. Last week it was Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Today, it’s Lehmans, Merrill and Bank of America. What a weekend. What a day. My first…

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