May 28, 2009

Fraudster’s getaway on last minute bookings

For credit card fraudster to succeed they rely on the credit card being valid and that the system does not pick it up, otherwise all of the illegal work would have been for nothing.
There is a growing sector for credit card fraud where the credit card and the fraudster are able to get away, literally!
The [...]

May 22, 2009

The figures never lie

Sometimes it is only when things get so bad, that all the finance secrets start to come out. As with the financial institutions who managed to hide their exposure to bad debt, so do individuals sometimes hide the truth about their current financial status.
These lies often lead to a serious breakdown the relationship, so what [...]

May 18, 2009

Older workers worst in financial crisis

It was not that long ago when the older more experienced worker was being hailed as the saviour of many businesses. This was especially so in the retail sector, who were only too quick to announce what a good these older people were doing.
But now it seems as the financial crisis continues, companies are having [...]

May 13, 2009

Online fraud scares consumers

Although it may seem from the figures that are often released online sales are on the rise, so that would mean that the average consumer would be ok with conducting their business online. Not necessarily so, because in a recent survey it has been found that a third of internet users are not happy to [...]

May 7, 2009

Trouble for city from the EU

History shows that major financial and economic centres are delicate to say the least Europe is littered with cities that once prospered as financial centres, yet are today a small shadow of their former self.
London should be aware of this because the main factor involved in the demise of these once high and mighty cities [...]

May 1, 2009

Goldman Sachs tries to silence blogger

On some occasions bloggers have caused despair and problems for certain people, this is put down to the fact that they are unregulated and therefore write what they want about whomever they want.
One such blogger Mike Morgan has got under the skin of US bankers Goldman Sachs who have instructed a top law firm Chadbourne [...]