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Oct 6, 2014

Walking the City of London

I just found a lovely free book that serves as a guide for walking around the City of London. It has four sections covering insurance, banking, markets and shipping … … and I can recommend this to any overseas visitors to London who are interested in what we do here. The book is produced by…

Sep 26, 2014

Your blog about banks not being disrupted – one reader says it’s bullsh*t

After yesterday’s blog, one of my readers took exception to the posting and sent me an email. I apologise for the tone of this email in advance, but its feisty retort and content left me with the feeling that it would be unfair to just add this as a comment to my post and therefore…

Sep 26, 2014

Your blog about banks not being disrupted – one reader says it’s bullsh*t

Sep 26, 2014

Things worth reading: 26th September 2014

Things we're reading today include … Tesco admits no one has been in charge of finance for five months UniCredit says sanctions hurting Europe more than Russia: Czech media De La Rue shares plunge on warning U.S. repair job for BNP Paribas' new chairman Lloyd's of London warns on plane disasters claims Lloyds to sell…

Sep 26, 2014

Things worth reading: 26th September 2014

Sep 25, 2014

There is no next big thing … get over it #finovatefall

In another conversation, I just spent some time at Finovate Fall in New York. It’s grown a bit since I was last there four years ago - I would estimate a doubling of attendance … … and it’s still back-to-back demos of PFM, biometric tracking systems, social trading, mobile innovation and such. In fact, it’s a…

Sep 25, 2014

There is no next big thing … get over it #finovatefall

Sep 25, 2014

Things worth reading: 25th February 2014

Things we're reading today include … US financier quits $2trn investment fund after his daughter writes list showing 22 life landmarks he'd missed Citizens Financial Group makes tepid market debut Who would be a whistleblower? Ex-investor relations exec pleads guilty in NY to insider trading JPMorgan tops investment bank league table in first half Meet…

Sep 25, 2014

Things worth reading: 25th February 2014

Sep 24, 2014

The best job in banking: Chief Cannibal

Someone is always wondering what the future job titles are going to be in banks. Brett King recently presented about such, and had the top five titles as: Data Scientist – the most sought-after banking job in five years, since they will be tasked to figure out “when, why, and how” consumers use bank products, using…