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 Financial Times: Harsher climate shifts goalposts for deals
Nominal prices usually rise over time, but with the S&P 500 index down nearly 40 per cent last year, $1bn will buy more than it did before
 silicon.com: Photos: Barclays bank of the future
Barclays bank has revealed a new branch showcasing the latest in high-tech banking.The emphasis at the new branch in London's Piccadilly Circus, which opened in late December, is self service and interactivity supported by a slew of technology.
Financial Times: Share issue guidelines eased by ABI
Large rights issues could now be more easily conducted with the Association of British Insurers relaxing its stance in a move to reduce exposure to speculative pressures
Financial Times: Investment fears in venturecapital shake-out
The US venture capital industry, which has become an importantsource of capital for technology start-ups around the world, is facing a severe shake-out that will lead to a contraction in future investments
Financial Times: Routes out of China will be difficult to negotiate
Last week UBS became the first overseas bank to offload its stake in a Chinese bank in a move expected to trigger a wave of divestments
Financial Times: Wall Street 'red light' on Madoff
Large Wall Street firms harboured suspicions about Bernard Madoff's investment business – in some cases steering clients away from dealing with him – but were reluctant to voice their concerns to regulators, say US bankers
Financial Times: Brown plays down second bank injection
Britain's banks may need another injection of capital from the taxpayer, the prime minister acknowledged, but he insisted the matter was not being addressed as a matter of urgency
Financial Times: CFO anger at banks' refusal to loosen credit
The finance directors of Britain's leading companies are becoming increasingly angry with banks over the poor availability and cost of credit
Financial Times: Altered trading landscape awaits next LSE chief
With an uncertain year ahead, the scale of challenges for the London Stock Exchange is so great it may want to reposition itself as well as pick a new leader
Financial Times: Paper bonuses
Rest assured that banks will still offer big incentives to their best and brightest. The trick will be to keep compensation beneath the radar
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Smoking mail brings out bomb squad
Alcohol issue addressed: Small town to keep post office
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·Photos: Barclays bank of the future
Barclays bank has revealed a new branch showcasing the latest in high-tech banking.The emphasis at the new branch in London's Piccadilly Circus, which opened in late December, is self service and interactivity supported by a slew of technology.
·Faster payments system hits new £26bn heights
December was a bumper month for the Faster Payments Service (FPS).According to payments industry association Apacs, 3.9 million FPS payments were made on 1 December 2008 - a new daily record for the service.Cheat Sheets ♦ Faster Payments ♦ Basel II ♦ MiFID ♦ Sarbanes-Oxley
·Getting your IT department ready for 2009
With the world in the grip of an economic downturn, making the most of IT spending has never been more important for business.The Corporate IT Forum recently found that its most senior members are planning to invest in IT but managing costs, careful budgeting and trimming discretionary spending are key priorities.
·2009 CIO New Year's resolutions
With a potentially tough 2009 looming, Tim Ferguson as picked the brains of experts across the tech industry tocome up with some of the areas CIOs should focus on when making their New Year's resolutions.Be more efficientWith the economic downturn looking like it will continue in 2009, one of the first things CIOs should look at is how technology could be used to make their business more efficient, as well as secure ...
·Natwest claims first with mobile money transfer
NatWest has launched what it claims is the first international money transfer service over mobile phones offered by a UK bank.Cheat Sheets ♦ Faster Payments ♦ Basel II ♦ MiFID ♦ Sarbanes-OxleyFrom this Christmas, customers of its Polish Welcome account will be able to send money home to accounts run by Polish bank PKO BP.
·Photos: How Betfair predicts the future
In the hurly burly of politics, pundits and opinion polls are often seen as the best way to predict the outcome of an election, but their work is an inexact science at best. Now, political researchers are using the way people bet to give them a more accurate steer on the outcome of a ballot.Online betting exchange Betfair has revealed how its customers placed their bets on a number of recent events and how they refle ...
·Tech skills and grads, and when architecture meets IT
This month saw silicon.com taking a look at the next generation of tech graduates filling out IT departments across the nation.A number of graduates who have opted to pursue a career in IT with British Airways told silicon.com why they favour a techie job in this video.
·North West leading the rise of online banking
The North West has embraced online and phone banking more than anywhere else in the UK.A survey by UK payments association Apacs has revealed that 55 per cent of adults in the North West use phone or internet banking compared to 46 per cent in Yorkshire, the Humber and Scotland where take-up is lowest.Check out silicon.com's Cheat SheetsÂ… ♦ Google Android♦ Video: ID cards♦ BBC iPlayer♦ Galil ...
·Nottingham Building Society revamps mortgage applications
Nottingham Building Society has replaced legacy systems with a new mortgage application supplied by Finnish software specialist Tieto.The new system, which went live in September, will automate much of the mortgage application process required by the building society for its independent mortgage seller network.silicon.com Financial Services Get the latest financial services news straight to your inbox. Sign up fo ...
·Legacy IT holding back insurers
Legacy IT is holding back the European insurance agency. Catherine Stagg-Macey of insurer Celent explains what CIOs can do to update their organisation.The problems of legacy technology manifests within both business and IT. For the business, it places restrictions on the flexibility and agility required by competitive organisations. For the IT organisation, the cost of keeping up with ever-changing business requirem ...
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·Getting your IT department ready for 2009
With the world in the grip of an economic downturn, making the most of IT spending has never been more important for business.The Corporate IT Forum recently found that its most senior members are planning to invest in IT but managing costs, careful budgeting and trimming discretionary spending are key priorities.
·2009 CIO New Year's resolutions
With a potentially tough 2009 looming, Tim Ferguson as picked the brains of experts across the tech industry tocome up with some of the areas CIOs should focus on when making their New Year's resolutions.Be more efficientWith the economic downturn looking like it will continue in 2009, one of the first things CIOs should look at is how technology could be used to make their business more efficient, as well as secure ...
·IT helps sloppy contract handling cost UK £160m
Nearly £300m of taxpayers money is being squandered on poor management of IT projects and other service contracts, according to a government report.The report, from the National Audit Office (NAO), blames Whitehall mismanagement of service contracts in IT, facilities management and business process outsourcing for lost potential savings of between £160m and £290m per year.
·PC breathalysers, green Linux and offshore pretenders
During December, silicon.com took a look at high-tech crime starting with a story about how UK police are one day hoping to develop a 'breathalyser'-type device for PCs. Once attached, the tool would circumvent the need to send the machine to forensics by automatically flagging up illegal activity on any PC.Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, architect of the UK's Police Central E-crime Unit outlined the idea ...
·Credit crunch can't cramp IT's €315bn style
The European IT market is flouting the credit crunch and is predicted to grow to €315bn next year.Strong sales in IT services will fuel two per cent growth in the IT market in Western Europe, according to forecasts by the European Information Technology Observatory (EITO).silicon.com Financial Services Get the latest financial services news straight to your inbox. Sign up for the FS newsletter today!
·Skills Survey 2008 in pictures
Has the IT skills crisis turned a corner?Results from the 10th annual silicon.com Skills Survey show a decline in the number of unfilled IT vacancies for the first time in years, suggesting the skills crisis may have softened - at least for the moment.
·Department for Transport "incompetence" over shared services
The Department for Transport (DfT) has been accused of "stupendous incompetence" in its implementation of a shared services centre that aimed to save £57m but will now cost the taxpayer £81m.The DfT planned to cut costs by building the Shared Service Centre in Swansea to provide human resources, payroll and finance support services to its agencies and the central department.
·UK Border Agency to "shake up" immigration with new IT
The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has signed a £3m, three-year deal with IBM to help with the design and integration of a new IT system to support work around immigration.IBM will act as strategic systems integration partner for the Immigration Case Work (ICW) programme, providing consulting services for the design of the system and helping with its implementation.
·Businesses to get demanding of IT in 2009
Businesses are likely to demand more from their IT service suppliers in 2009 as the economic downturn means quick returns on investment and efficiency become priorities.That's according to analyst house Ovum's 2009 predictions for the IT services sector which, among other things, suggests business will pursue outsourcing contracts to cut costs on the short term and want to find out exactly how cloud computing could b ...
·Moon mobiles, Windows without Gates and DIY wi-fi signal boosting
2008 has been a year of many interesting tech developments, especially in the mobility space - from the launch of Apple's 3G iPhone, to the ballooning take-up of mobile broadband and a veritable explosion of mini laptops and iPhone-a-like touchscreen smartphones.One notable gadget in the latter category that launched this year runs a shiny new open OS known as Android - fashioned by none other than online behemoth Google.
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