2012-06-06 14:19
It's Saturday evening and I wake up at the intensive care unit, a bunch of people around me, tubes sticking out everywhere (even places where you definitely dont want a tube) and I have no i… Read More
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I am a banking nerd. I work in a small consulting team of bankers, most have been top execs. We assist with transformation programs and are particularly focused on launching banking operations and acquiring banking assets. I am therefore exposed to many of the problems we face and also many of the new initiatives, banks and governments are working on to improve products and services in the sector.
2012-04-13 21:51
Lately I have had a number of people (and trust me on my blog any number is considered ‘many’) coming from Google with search words such as ‘NBNK’, ‘Gary Hoffma… Read More
2012-04-11 14:53
Is it business, or is it personal? The truth is when you partner with somebody to start a business no matter how you start it will invariably become a bit of both.If you ask for a bigger sha… Read More
2012-04-03 20:01
I have found that I can only sell to two kinds of people, the egocentric and the desperate. I sell essentially the same thing to both, "help". These days the in-thing is to talk about 'intre… Read More
2012-04-03 11:19
It’s been a while since I blogged. With two family members in hospital and a pregnant wife, it’s just been a little hard to give a toss about banking. However prompted by news th… Read More
2012-01-29 14:26
We give the man nothing but a pile of shit and a shovel and then complain, when he hasn't turned it into gold. I think he has been doing a lot of shovelling and not a bad job. Is it the appr… Read More
2012-01-28 12:58
I work in retail banking mostly. That’s what I know and what I’m good at. However because we are involved with starting, acquiring and transforming companies I’m increasing… Read More
2012-01-06 08:35
2012. The year of the black dragon. 6 am, on the train on my way cross country to the first board meeting (im a shareholder in a small legal services business) of the season. I'm… Read More
2011-12-21 01:01
Prince AlwaleedSo the Saudis have invested $300m in Twitter, and interestingly in a secondary sale. But why would you want to buy shares in the very company that had such a prominent role in… Read More
2011-12-20 23:35
With everything going on, I didn't have time to comment on it all, so here is a summary of the bits that matter to me. Firstly, welcome back to Antonio Horta-Osório, the Lloyds Bank C… Read More
2011-12-20 18:25
With everything going on, I didn't have time to comment on it all, so here is a summary of the bits that matter to me. Firstly, welcome back to Antonio Horta-Osório, the Lloyds Bank C… Read More
2011-12-19 01:48
Recently I have noticed a boom in get rich gurus. Many of them without a particularly strong track record in business or an obvious skill. They are rich because you and I pay money for their… Read More
2011-12-17 22:37
So today at my regular coffee shop, while minding my business and going through my usual routine of sparkling water -> panini -> coffee, a little girl (I'm useless at guessing children… Read More
2011-12-15 23:54
BACKGROUNDI got an excellent comment on another post “Euro summit” from Conrad asking for my view on bank regulation. Conrad is part of the Occupy Wall Street movement, an ecle… Read More
2011-12-13 11:22
One of the most useful training courses I've been on was about how to fire people. WHAT you are probably thinking, what kind of sadistic person is he, but it's not that I particularly enjoy… Read More
2011-12-12 13:40
As these Euro meetings were unfolding I, like most people, started to get quite confused about what was what going on, and it was (is) becoming more and more like watching some kind of bizar… Read More
2011-12-09 14:08
Like everyone else, I am watching what goes on in Europe this week with great interest. A collapse and the subsequent unraveling of the Euro/EMU, would simply be devastating to the world eco… Read More
2011-12-08 13:26
A few years ago, when all this cloud hype started I was working on setting up an R&D centre, utilising Microsoft technology to develop solutions for commercial and retail banking, and I… Read More
2011-12-06 18:14
The UK Office of Fair Trading has announced that its launching an investigation into the selling practices of Groupon, normally I wouldn't pay much attention but coincidentally, just a few d… Read More
2011-12-05 15:52
I can’t stand listening to this. The government, Nick Clegg in particular, are frequently on the news, talking about dealing with excessive executive pay levels in the private sector a… Read More
2011-12-03 15:30
So recently I met with some sales people from an IT company, they know I’m responsible for a core banking system selection (if you don’t know what that is, then it’s the ma… Read More
2011-12-03 14:01
Sitting here looking at the very long line of kids waiting to say hello to Santa, many dressed like little elves. I have to say its hard to be a cynic on a day like this. So ill just wish yo… Read More
2011-12-01 19:44
As a second chapter to my previous post,Canary Wharf Ant Farm , which talked about the workers in the big banks of Canary Wharf, this post is about the Queen of the Ant Farm. In order not to… Read More
2011-11-30 16:02
If you are one of my non-UK visitors, and stats tell me that's quite likely, then you are probably thinking, Vince Cable, who the heck is that, and why do I have to care about his policies… Read More
2011-11-27 14:05
I've been blessed with a front row seat to a few bubbles in my life. The first was the dotcom bubble, Asia, then the subprime mortgage bubble (I was in Ireland where it was particularly seve… Read More
2011-11-23 23:28
As I wrote about in a previous post (Canary Wharf Ant Farm) I spend a lot of time in the Canary Wharf coffee shops. When I’m there I like looking at people and try to imagine their sto… Read More
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