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Should banks use Facebook?

I noticed that the Canadian Bank TD had opened a Facebook group called TD Money Lounge.   Seems to be a pure advert for their products to me, but it’s pretty popular with Canadians with over 3,500 members in this Group which is more than any other bank group on Facebook. Why?  Well, the idea…

Should banks use Facebook?

I noticed that the Canadian Bank TD had opened a Facebook group called TD Money Lounge.   Seems to be a pure advert for their products to me, but it’s pretty popular with Canadians with over 3,500 members in this Group which is more than any other bank group on Facebook. Why?  Well, the idea…

Barclays may be offensive to the Dutch

I noted with interest this morning that Barclays Bank is rethinking its’ symbolic Eagle insignia in light of the bid to become more mainland European.  The symbol for the Bank is a spread eagle, and has been with the bank ever since it was founded in 1690. Why would they think the Eagle should go…

Barclays may be offensive to the Dutch

I noted with interest this morning that Barclays Bank is rethinking its’ symbolic Eagle insignia in light of the bid to become more mainland European.  The symbol for the Bank is a spread eagle, and has been with the bank ever since it was founded in 1690. Why would they think the Eagle should go…

Iraq Gets Its First Hedge Fund

Some of you probably read that headline and thought it may be more useful if Iraq could build a few hedges around their gardens first as, in this war-torn region, it’s hard to imagine a hedge fund being of much use.  Nevertheless, with infrastructure that is hardly working and an embryonic government, we find that…

Iraq Gets Its First Hedge Fund

Some of you probably read that headline and thought it may be more useful if Iraq could build a few hedges around their gardens first as, in this war-torn region, it’s hard to imagine a hedge fund being of much use.  Nevertheless, with infrastructure that is hardly working and an embryonic government, we find that…

Iraq Gets Its First Hedge Fund

Some of you probably read that headline and thought it may be more useful if Iraq could build a few hedges around their gardens first as, in this war-torn region, it’s hard to imagine a hedge fund being of much use.  Nevertheless, with infrastructure that is hardly working and an embryonic government, we find that…

Working class millionaires – 10 million doesn’t cut it

You know most of us struggle to get by or so it seems.  We work long hours, spend probably a couple of hours a day commuting, maybe get two weeks off in August if we’re lucky to get away to a beach or mountain somewhere … and all this to take home a salary that…

Working class millionaires – 10 million doesn’t cut it

You know most of us struggle to get by or so it seems.  We work long hours, spend probably a couple of hours a day commuting, maybe get two weeks off in August if we’re lucky to get away to a beach or mountain somewhere … and all this to take home a salary that…

Claims that FIX is ‘riddled with security holes’

At the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas at the beginning of August – Black Hat focuses upon all things to do with security of systems – Jeremy Rauch and David Goldsmith from Matasano Security stood on the podium and said that the FIX Protocol, used to link most investment markets buy- and sell- side…

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