A Web OS? Are You Dense?

Second SII Result

All done! Waiting for certificate in the post.

I've just been trying to deal with Nationwide through their on-site messaging system. (The self-service part of the site I wanted to use has been broken for months.) They needed to ask me for the number of my only current account, as well as my address and date of birth.

Someone, somewhere, needs to try harder!

this cranky, but prescient out-of-print book. Its price varies between $80 and $210, depending on how rickety the global finance system looks.

Securitization 2.0

Zopa And Conduits

Ed Note: MediaTemple lost some data, so these links via the waybackmachine

SII Exam Part 1

I now have 300 workbook pages on Securities & Derivatives to go. Which is the fun bit of the syllabus. (The exam I just did is about all the things the FSA can do to punish you!)

I am now part a properly incorporated LLP

Now I'm going through the online application for an HSBC business account. Which is depressing, because it keeps crashing. But, kind of reassuring, because it means there's a lot of need for good developers out there

Phish

at least try to make me feel like an individual

I do see what they mean though. A friend of mine looked into eBay to start his business, and the fees would have wiped out his whole margin!

Innovators Gather in the City to Set Shape for Future of Finance

Contact: Thomas Barker

Email: tbarker(at)barcampbank[..]org

LONDON, UK, Monday June 2nd, 2008 - On Saturday July 5th, 2008, one of the most unusual conferences in the financial services industry, BarCampBankLondon (BCBL), will get underway at 9:30 AM near the heart of the City. BCB London follows the success of previous BarCampBanks in Paris, Seattle, San Francisco, New Hampshire and New York City. Ranging from interested students, to banking executives, to VCs, startup founders and internet technologists. BCBL is a forum where participants from diverse backgrounds can get together to discuss topics impacting the industry. It will attract thought leaders and innovators from as far away as America for an intense day of discussions on the future of financial services.