Margaret Thatcher: Economic legacy of an Iron Lady

“There really was no modern British Prime Minister who presided over a greater transformation of the nation's economy than Baroness Margaret Thatcher. When she left office, nearly every aspect of British economic life had changed fundamentally.”

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Why Banks Should Care About Bitcoin

Look beyond the hype about the price of this digital currency. Because Bitcoin's not just a currency, it's also a payment system, and as such a budding challenger to PayPal, Western Union, Visa, MasterCard, and perhaps banks themselves. Whether the currency is a pot of gold or fool's gold is beside the point, argues Executive Editor Marc Hochstein. The real potential of this technology is as a set of pipes for transmitting value.

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How to Play the Mobile Banking Revolution

What we are reading … 5th April 2013

Mom Versus Dad: The Role Of Parents In Fiscal Fitness http://bit.ly/14HJ71f

Bitcoin price goes on wild ride http://cnnmon.ie/10x5xwi

Biggest DDoS Attack in History? http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/biggest-ddos-attack-in-history-a-5639#.UVpASv2Du7g.twitter

The Mobile Wallet Disconnect http://bankinnovation.net/2013/04/the-mobile-wallet-disconnect/

Financial Marketers Slam Proposed Social Media Regs http://bit.ly/14HJf0A

Mobile Money Transfer Gains Pace http://dld.bz/cuTg5

Mobile Banking on the 7:15 – NatWest’s “Busiest Branch”

For a successful mobile banking launch, Monitise recommends leveraging all available media channels to deliver clear, benefit-oriented marketing messages.

Here is one example of a benefits-led proposition and execution of a successful television advertising campaign, from Monitise customer NatWest:

What we are reading … 4th April 2013

B of A's Merrill Sued for $309 Million by Trust Over Mortgages http://dld.bz/cu6XP

Square mobile payments losing steam at Starbucks http://shar.es/droHm

Meet 17-year-old who sold startup to Yahoo http://dld.bz/cu6Xn

The Future of Retail: How Mobile Payments Are Changing the Retail Experience http://dld.bz/cu6Xd

Madoff victims get back another $500 million http://cnnmon.ie/10sXkJx 

Fear, despair as bailed out Cyprus faces uncertain future http://dld.bz/cu6WX

Towns See Banks Cut Back Branches http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323699704578326894146325274.html

How the ATM Revolutionized the Banking Business

“Most adults living in urban areas around the world have come in contact with an automated teller machine. For many, it represents their “bank” far more than rows of tellers standing behind tall counters.

The story of the ATM’s rapid rise to ubiquity is also one of a revolution in retail banking”

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