• Build Wealth Through Tough Times With Your Own Silver Lining

    Updated: 2010-05-31 13:24:26
    MoneyTalks Memorial Day Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Build Wealth Through Tough Times With Your Own Silver Lining post from Financial Awakenings on 31 May 2010 09:24:26 AM . Financial Awakenings So much for the silver lining . Most of my financial planning peers and I hoped the upside of the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1930 s would be a newfound fervor to save.Not exactly . The economic crisis of 2008 apparently didn t last long enough to create significant change in attitudes about personal saving . Read The Full Article : http : financialawakenings.com conscious-cash-flow

  • Are You Vanguarding?

    Updated: 2010-05-31 09:44:59
    MoneyTalks Budgeting In A Large Company Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Are You Vanguarding post from Guzzo the Contrarian on 31 May 2010 05:44:59 AM . Guzzo the Contrarian Read The Full Article : http : guzzothecontrarian.com 2010 05 31 are-you-vanguarding Add to del.icio.us Digg this Post to Furl Add to reddit Add to myYahoo Website designed by Bartosz Brzezinski Powered by blogdig.net Cool Stuff Have A Great money BLOG Add Your Blog To this Site News Ticker Top money videos Write a Story for MoneyTalks Submit a Press Release Discussion Forum Recommended IVA Debt Management Payment Protection Insurance Claims We provide

  • How much income do you need to be Rich?

    Updated: 2010-05-31 08:02:48
    MoneyTalks What motivates us Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . How much income do you need to be Rich post from 7million7years on 31 May 2010 04:02:48 AM . 7million7years In his bestseller , The Number 2006 Lee Eisenberg relates the story of a man who outlined for him what somebody else told him AJC : already , this sounds like an Urban Myth about what it takes to be rich:This is really interesting , because it matches what I was told when I began my Journey to 7 million Read The Full Article : http : 7million7years.com 2010 05 31 how-much-income-do-you-need-to-be-rich Add to del.icio.us Digg this Post to Furl Add to reddit Add

  • Women Suing Google For Walking Directions

    Updated: 2010-05-31 07:47:34
    MoneyTalks Is It Time To Buy , Sell or Hold Alliance Grain Traders AGT:TSX Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Women Suing Google For Walking Directions post from AL6400 Blog on 31 May 2010 03:47:34 AM . AL6400 Blog Anyone else read that news today I was just browsing around some news site and apparently there[ . Read The Full Article : http : www.al6400.com blog 2010 05 30 women-suing-google-for-walking-directions Add to del.icio.us Digg this Post to Furl Add to reddit Add to myYahoo Website designed by Bartosz Brzezinski Powered by blogdig.net Cool Stuff Have A Great money BLOG Add Your Blog To this Site News Ticker Top money

  • Europe: broken nations borrowing from broke nations?

    Updated: 2010-05-31 05:57:00

  • Things worth reading: 31st May 2010

    Updated: 2010-05-31 05:48:00

  • In observance of Memorial Day...

    Updated: 2010-05-31 05:30:00
    . MoneyTalks How much income do you need to be Rich Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . In observance of Memorial Day . post from MarketClub Trader's Blog on 31 May 2010 01:30:00 AM . MarketClub Trader's Blog In observance of Memorial Day , the US markets as well as our offices will be closed . The staff here at INO.com and MarketClub want to thank the men and women of the U.S . armed forces who have died serving our . nation We hope everyone enjoys this day of remembrance and we will see you bright and early . tomorrow Read The Full Article : http : club.ino.com:80 trading 2010 05 in-observance-of-memorial-day Add to del.icio.us

  • Memorial Day

    Updated: 2010-05-31 05:00:00
    MoneyTalks Are You Vanguarding Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Memorial Day post from The Global Small Business Blog on 31 May 2010 01:00:00 AM . The Global Small Business Blog Remembering those who have died in our nation's . service History of Memorial Day Memorial Day Wikipedia U.S . Memorial Day Photo : Arlington National Cemetery Read The Full Article : http : borderbuster.blogspot.com 2010 05 memorial-day.html Add to del.icio.us Digg this Post to Furl Add to reddit Add to myYahoo Website designed by Bartosz Brzezinski Powered by blogdig.net Cool Stuff Have A Great money BLOG Add Your Blog To this Site News Ticker Top

  • The Finanser's Week: 24th May - 30th May 2010

    Updated: 2010-05-29 23:23:33

  • Five Banks Closed on May 28

    Updated: 2010-05-29 14:09:48
    Federal and state banking regulators closed five banks on Friday, May 28, raising the number of failed institutions to 86 so far in 2010.

  • City National Bank, Los Angeles, CA, Assumes All of the Deposits of Sun West Bank, Las Vegas, NV

    Updated: 2010-05-29 06:09:39
    Sun West Bank, Las Vegas, Nevada, was closed today by the Nevada Financial Institutions Division, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver.

  • Tri Counties Bank, Chico, CA, Assumes All of the Deposits of Granite Community Bank, N.A., Granite Bay, CA

    Updated: 2010-05-29 06:09:38
    Granite Community Bank, N.A., Granite Bay, California, was closed today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver.

  • Everbank, Jacksonville, FL, Acquires All the Deposits of Three Affiliated Florida Institutions: Bank of Florida - Southeast; Bank of Florida - Southwest; and Bank of Florida - Tampa Bay

    Updated: 2010-05-29 06:09:37
    EverBank, Jacksonville, Florida, acquired the banking operations, including all the deposits, of three Florida-based institutions. Bank of Florida - Southeast, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Bank of Florida - Southwest, Naples, Florida; and Bank of Florida - Tampa Bay, Tampa, Florida, were all closed today by the Florida Office of Financial Regulation, which appointed the FDIC as receiver. The three failed banks were owned by the same holding company, Bank of Florida Corporation, which was not part of this transaction.

  • Financial Reform: Why Shielding Energy Firms From Derivatives Rules May be Nuts

    Updated: 2010-05-29 01:21:38
    Energy companies want exemptions from new derivatives regulations. Here's why that's risky.

  • 4 Team-Building Essentials

    Updated: 2010-05-28 22:08:37
    Tips from Senior Leaders on What It Takes to Build and Manage an Information Security TeamBuilding an effective security team boils down to two critical factors: the security leader who understands the mission and has the ability to find and manage the right people with the right skills to execute.

  • 6 Signs of Business Loan Fraud

    Updated: 2010-05-28 22:08:36
    Expert: 'An Institution Can Never do Enough Due Diligence'Business loan fraud is still hitting financial institutions despite tightened reins on lending, says one fraud expert.

  • Editor's Choice: May's Top Banking News, Views

    Updated: 2010-05-28 22:08:35
    A review of the month's tops news items by Tracy Kitten, managing editor for Information Security Media Group.

  • BankInfoSecurity.com Week in Review: May 29, 2010

    Updated: 2010-05-28 22:08:34
    A review of the week's tops news items by Tracy Kitten, managing editor for BankInfoSecurity.com.

  • The Subprime Student Loan Crisis

    Updated: 2010-05-28 20:51:12
    The New York Times’ Ron Lieber has an excellent column on the severe hangover left by the cocktail of cheap credit and spiraling college tuitions: the tens of thousands of young people saddled with tens of thousands of dollars of what is, effectively, subprime student loan debt. In some cases, that student debt is more [...]

  • Durbin to Visa and MasterCard: Check Yourselves!

    Updated: 2010-05-28 17:24:55
    In a letter to the chief executives of Visa and MasterCard, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) lambasted the companies for misconstruing his reforms of credit card interchange fees to small banks and small businesses. He also threatened that he might consider some card issuers’ practices anti-competitive, and requested a reply by June 14. Durbin’s amendment to the [...]

  • Bank histories reflecting our histories

    Updated: 2010-05-28 08:58:19

  • Things worth reading: 28th May 2010

    Updated: 2010-05-28 06:40:24

  • Surely You Jest: Banks Move to Block Credit Unions From Lending

    Updated: 2010-05-28 01:28:50
    Despite sour economic conditions, credit unions continue lending to small businesses. So why do commercial banks want to stop them?

  • Financial Reform: Let's Hope This Modest Bill Is Just the Beginning

    Updated: 2010-05-27 17:53:16
    The fight over financial reform may yield something even more important than legislation: Awareness.

  • EMV and the U.S.: Member Convenience Drives Change

    Updated: 2010-05-27 17:40:10
    Interview with Merrill Halpern of United Nations Federal Credit Union: Why EMV Makes Sense.

  • When's the next financial crisis and what will cause it?

    Updated: 2010-05-27 13:45:38

  • Things worth reading: 27th May 2010

    Updated: 2010-05-27 06:41:42

  • How Wall Street Uses Repo Deals to Fluff Earnings

    Updated: 2010-05-27 01:38:33
    Bank of America, Citigroup and other big banks are "managing" their earnings to mask their debts.

  • Death Wish: Barney Frank Deals Fatal Blow to Wall Street Derivatives Ban

    Updated: 2010-05-27 01:38:31
    Congressional Democrats are snuffing out Sen. Blanche Lincoln's derivatives ban.

  • It's not personal, just business

    Updated: 2010-05-26 08:21:10

  • Things worth reading: 26th May 2010

    Updated: 2010-05-26 07:23:45

  • The credit rating agent's thumb

    Updated: 2010-05-25 15:33:06

  • Financial Reform Scorecard: Flash Points Divide House, Senate Bills

    Updated: 2010-05-25 08:51:02
    As lawmakers debate financial reform, this scorecard will help you track the differences between the House and Senate bills.

  • Sir Win Bischoff on Banking Reform

    Updated: 2010-05-25 07:20:00
    : The Financial Services Club's Blog Your email : address Powered by FeedBlitz Subscribe to this blog's feed About Recent Posts Sir Win Bischoff on Banking Reform Things worth reading : 25th May 2010 What happens to SEPA , Chi-x etc if the euro fails Need money fast Things worth reading : 24th May 2010 The Finanser's Week : 17th May 23rd May 2010 Challenges and Solutions for Banking UK The euro is in danger Things worth reading : 21st May 2010 The future of banking regulation Recent Comments toronto marketing services on NEWS : 2009 FinTech 100 Rankings Christian on How Facebook Payments could work in the future toronto marketing services on Metro Bank : the first new bank for a while Iang on The future of banking regulation George Chuck on USAA : 1 for Customer Service James on End of the

  • Things worth reading: 25th May 2010

    Updated: 2010-05-25 06:40:35

  • What Larry Summers Won't Admit About Financial Reform

    Updated: 2010-05-24 21:34:24
    White House economic adviser Larry Summers is dreaming if he thinks strong regulations will prevent another financial crisis

  • Insurers Paid $164M in 2009 to Spin Congress, But Don't Have a Lot to Show for It

    Updated: 2010-05-24 19:47:17
    Insurers are traditionally among the most generous when it comes to passing out largesse to Congress in the form of lobbying. But last year they...

  • Need money fast?

    Updated: 2010-05-24 08:43:23
    : The Financial Services Club's Blog Your email : address Powered by FeedBlitz Subscribe to this blog's feed About Recent Posts What happens to SEPA , Chi-x etc if the euro fails Need money fast Things worth reading : 24th May 2010 The Finanser's Week : 17th May 23rd May 2010 Challenges and Solutions for Banking UK The euro is in danger Things worth reading : 21st May 2010 The future of banking regulation Managing liquidity risk in a changed and global world Things worth reading : 20th May 2010 Recent Comments Iang on The future of banking regulation George Chuck on USAA : 1 for Customer Service James on End of the cheque : open outcry UPDATE Michael Aston , Distra on Why payments innovations are rubbish Heather Dawson , . Distra on Why payments innovations are rubbish Sonya J Mills on

  • Things worth reading: 24th May 2010

    Updated: 2010-05-24 07:19:04

  • Thinking Beyond “Dumb Payments”

    Updated: 2010-05-24 03:26:55
    Years ago, while an employee at Visa, I was told by my manager that for commercial card payments, “the value is in the non-financial information”.  In other words, the value of a commercial card transaction is in the enhanced data that helped corporations with decisioning.  On the other hand, financial settlement (moving money from Point [...]

  • The Finanser's Week: 17th May - 23rd May 2010

    Updated: 2010-05-23 07:36:42

  • Coulee Bank, La Crosse, WI, Assumes All of the Deposits of Pinehurst Bank, St. Paul, MN

    Updated: 2010-05-22 18:28:33
    Pinehurst Bank, St. Paul, Minnesota, was closed today by the Minnesota Department of Commerce, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver.

  • 10 Reasons Check Volumes will Hasten their Decline in the US

    Updated: 2010-05-21 23:41:29
    It’s certainly no news flash that US check volumes have been declining. Depending on whom you talk to 5% to 7% annual rates of decline (checks written) over the past few years seems likely. Another Federal Reserve check study is in the works this year to add precision since it has been since 2007 since [...]

  • Challenges and Solutions for Banking UK

    Updated: 2010-05-21 06:30:00

  • The euro is in danger

    Updated: 2010-05-21 06:15:00

  • Things worth reading: 21st May 2010

    Updated: 2010-05-21 05:45:31

  • If Obama Wants to Clean Up Wall Street, Now's the Time to Take Off His Gloves

    Updated: 2010-05-21 01:34:44
    It's time for President Obama to take off his gloves if he is to clean up Wall Street.

  • Razor's Edge: Why Senate Democrats are Struggling to Pass Financial Reform

    Updated: 2010-05-20 19:03:40
    Democrats are stuck between a rock (the left) and a hard place (the right) in the fight over financial reform

  • The future of banking regulation

    Updated: 2010-05-20 07:10:00

  • Celent Banking Innovation and Insight Day Recap

    Updated: 2010-05-18 20:20:02
    Last Thursday, we hosted our annual Banking Innovation and Insight Day at the Westin Times Square in NYC. Celent Senior Analyst Bob Meara opened up to a packed house with his presentation on top tech trends. This set the stage for the day as we moved into more specific subjects including, social media, risk management, [...]

  • Can banking really be simple? Twitter engineer quits to become co-founder of Banksimple.net

    Updated: 2010-05-17 22:23:22
    The folks at Twitter must have a secret love for financial services. First Jack Dorsey goes off to start Square and now Alex Payne jumps ship to become co-founder of banksimple.net. What is banksimple.net?  A recent TechCrunch post led me to some interesting info on the firm. Their web site states that they are “an easy, intuitive, [...]

  • Health Costs of Debt

    Updated: 2010-05-16 01:47:07
    Everyone has experienced one form of financial problem or another. But if there’s one thing that stands out, it is debt. Whether for personal or professional reason, debt is usually inevitable. The problem comes with repaying the loan with interest within a reasonable amount of time. According to a 2009 AP/AOL study, Americans are deeply [...]

  • Stagflation: Economic Worst Case Scenario

    Updated: 2010-05-15 10:50:09
    Stagflation, as the name suggests, is a unique situation wherein high inflation rates are coupled with a stagnant economy with low income and employment rates. The term is generally attributed to Iain Macleaod, a British politician who used the term during a parliamentary speech in 1965. The term created an economic storm, as postwar macroeconomic theories [...]

  • Finovate Spring 2010 Roundup

    Updated: 2010-05-14 05:21:43
    On Tuesday, Red Gillen and I attended Finovate in San Francisco. The conference brings together a slew of fintech startups as well as a handful of established players. Thirty six companies showcase their wares in 7 minute demos. Sounds like a short time frame, but if done properly, is more than enough time for a [...]

  • Payment infrastructures - do we care enough about their risks?

    Updated: 2010-05-13 08:54:11
    This week I attended one of The Financial Services Club events in London - a debate on whether payments infrastructure risk has been largely forgotten. The debate’s outcome was “no, it hasn’t been”, but the discussion raised some interesting points and provided a lot more colour to the answer.   The general consensus was that operational risks [...]

  • Hardware Is Hard

    Updated: 2010-05-10 17:44:17
    April & May are proving to be crazy travel months for me.  With 5 consecutive weeks of travel to deal with, I’ve tried to make things interesting by using United Airline’s new mobile boarding pass technology.  Although it’s not mobile banking technology, it is a POS-like use of mobile phones, so I guess I couldn’t [...]

  • Banks want to be customer-centric? Mistakes to avoid

    Updated: 2010-05-10 11:49:41
    It is a fact that players in the manufacturing sector are continuously striving to reduce inventory levels to improve working capital ratios. Indeed, inventory is a non productive asset, and therefore must be minimized as possible. It is also a fact that a focus on reducing inventory levels without keeping a wider eye on the overall business [...]

  • Odd Taxes Throughout America

    Updated: 2010-05-09 22:05:17
    Everyone hates additional taxes. But as things stand right now, it seems inevitable that Americans might need to shell out more of their earnings to the government. Right now, there are all sorts of taxes that are being passed by various states. Some have targeted fur jackets while others have slapped duties on blueberries. Certain [...]

  • Can banks increase online banking use by “making it fun to do?”

    Updated: 2010-05-06 22:49:21
    The answer is yes! I met a UX (User Experience) architect at a conference this week and she presented the following video. It’s an ad from Volkswagen that showcases a usability experiment to encourage people to take the stairs in the subway. To me the message is loud and clear - even the most mundane of [...]

  • Amendment to Repeal Marquette

    Updated: 2010-05-06 11:59:00
    Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is sponsoring an amendment to the financial regulation bill that would undo most of the damage from the Marquette National Bank decision. In Marquette, the Supreme Court ruled the National Bank Act preempted state interest rate regulation....

  • Retail Sales Up in April 2010 – Consumer Confidence Up

    Updated: 2010-05-05 01:43:38
    Consumer confidence is up. The month of April has been good for retailer signally seven consecutive months of growth. This shows a broadening of the economic recovery. Previously, only the manufacturing sector experienced some level of growth. While it only improved by an average of 0.2 percent, its mere improvement is enough to assure most [...]

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