credit crunch in comment and analysis
David Lister
CIO Profile Given the current credit crunch in the financial services industry Lister will have his work cut out and he has been tasked with consolidating, streamlining and cutting the cost of the back-office IT services provided to the RBS group by the... [11 Jun 2008]
Will consumers always want free banking?
Comment The Naked CIO: Crunch time for large projects In other words, for customers who use the bank purely for payment transactions, settle credit card payments in a timely fashion, and do not overdraw their accounts beyond agreed limits, the bank's... [12 May 2008]
Legal Eye: Could you end up footing your e-crime bill?
Comment The Naked CIO: Crunch time for large projects Because most internet crime cases involve misuse of bank accounts and bank or credit cards, how banks treat losses to the customer's accounts is paramount to maintaining consumer confidence in online... [15 Apr 2008]
How will your deal weather a downturn?
Comment The credit crunch means a greater focus on cost. What will happen to outsourcing if budgets are trimmed and belts tightened? A careful look at key aspects of existing contracts would not go amiss, suggests lawyer Margaret Harvey. [10 Apr 2008]
Recession fears hit IT budgets
Comment The credit crunch, uncertainty in the world's financial markets and fears of a recession all add up to even more pressure on already squeezed tech budgets as organisations tighten their belts. The state of the economy and its potential impact on IT... [04 Apr 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Do great firms innovate?
Comment But in these days of credit crunch, investors are looking askance at innovation, preferring a more mundane perspective. Despite the rhetoric, most large firms are simply poor at innovating. Microsoft is no exception and its bid for Yahoo! [20 Feb 2008]
Fixed-income electronic trading faces bleak 2008
Comment As a result of the recent credit crunch, electronic trading of fixed-income securities looks set to fall behind foreign exchange markets in wider scale adoption in 2008, certainly until liquidity eases and the major dealers regain sufficient... [30 Jan 2008]
Steve Ranger's Notebook: The oldest gadget still wows
Comment According to stories collected by calculator maker HP, over the last 25 years the gadget has helped fight crime ("I heard a 'crunch' sound, saw the motorcycle lurch forward and saw the purse drop to the ground"); survived car crashes ("Horrified... [13 Sep 2006]
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