Tag Archives: Twitter

A tweet farewell

As you may have gathered, I have been away for the past month.  With only intermittent wifi access, and a long-overdue need for some downtime, I tried to take a complete break from work.  Of course, I was not completely … Continue reading

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Chirpy-chirpy cheap tweet

From yesterday customers of Groupe BPCE, France’s second-largest bank, have been able to transfer money via tweets.  Nicolas Chatillon, chief executive of S-Money, BPCE’s mobile payments unit, explained that they are offering simple person-to-person money transfers via Twitter to French … Continue reading

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To tweet or not to tweet, that is the question

Not too many years ago, I went into an MLRO’s office in London and noticed that he didn’t have a computer.  “We’re not given them,” he explained.  “The secretaries do all the emailing for us.”  Now, I know that’s an … Continue reading

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