Can you believe Christmas is only 58 days away?! The holiday season is right around the corner and with this realization comes the flood of holiday “To Do’s” that overtake our life every year. But this year FTF would like to take the time once again and help out children in the NYC area that
Fun Friday
The History of the Wall Street Bull
I pass the Charging Bull, also known as the Wall Street Bull, every morning on my way to work and get to say goodnight to it on my way home. If I wanted to go visit it to say a quick hello during the day I could because it’s right outside our office. It is
Financial Crime
Wall Street Villains
For the most part, traders respect the financial system and stay within the boundaries set by regulations in order to earn a profit. However, not every trader likes to follow the rules, especially when the rules stand in the way of making millions or billions of dollars. So, we here at FTF thought it might
Financial Technologies Forum (FTF)
Eating Our Way through Wall Street!
We thought it might be fun to lighten the mood this Friday and share with you some of the FTF crew’s favorite Wall Street eateries. Food is a topic that regularly comes up in conversation at the office, so it is only natural that it has made its way to our blog! We plan to
Conference and Event Planning
FTF’s Top 10 Networking Tips
We are about to kick off our Fall conference season, so what better time to share a few networking tips we have picked up over the years. Most, if not all, industry events leave time to network with your fellow attendees. This is an extremely important aspect of the event as it provides you the
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The No Complaining Rule… Could it Help Your Company?
“Don’t become a statistic.” You’ve probably heard that saying a million times. Usually, however, it’s correlating something with your health like cigarettes and lung cancer, but have you heard it in the company of complaining? Negativity comes at a cost. A cost to your health, your wealth and your personal life. It has been reported
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Financial Technologies Forum Supports Operation Backpack 2010
While our main business practice here at Financial Technologies Forum is to offer conferences and events to the financial services industry, we are not all business all the time. For the second year in a row, FTF supported Volunteers of America’s Operation Backpackinitiative that entails collecting and distributing backpacks to NYC’s homeless children. While we
Cloud
The Fortune 500 & Cloud Computing
While cloud computing is making lasting strides in the financial services industry the current perception remains that this is a cautious area and some companies still have concerns with the cloud due to security threats and compliance issues. Fortune 500 companies seem to be ignoring that and investing away. Check out this video: To learn
Fun Friday
The Rich List
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy What normal middle class guy isn’t like #4?
Fun Friday
Fun Friday – Just Another Day on ‘All My Bald Eagles’
Yesterday Maureen’s five-year-old nephew introduced us to a 24-hour live video feed that’s pretty amazing. It’s real-time footage of an eagle’s nest in Decorah, Iowa which features the eagle’s with their three baby eaglets. If you need a peaceful time-out (or a bit of distraction) from your busy day you should check it out too!
