Customer service paradigm Went to Spinneys the other day to buy stuff for dinner and get some cash from the ATM. The ATM she no work...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Some of you have got bored with the HSBC Whingey Posts. Why not a fun, frothy 'Shiny' post? ...

(Photo credit: lipjin ) HSBC has, in a moment of rare brilliance, broken its IVR. Not that it was ever an IVR to write home about in ...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) We're about halfway through Sharjah's traffic survey, a project started in September and ...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) It's been a while, hasn't it? Things have been pretty quiet on the HSBC bank Dubai front. Noth...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) In an interview with Gulf News, an executive from HSBC has predicted a rising trend in the adoption of tec...

ATM (Photo credit: Modern Relics ) I am very proud to be the owner of a school report, penned by my harried teacher back when I was e...

 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The amazing tale of John McAffee that has played out over the past few weeks started with him hiding from B...

The Interview (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) I am never at my best in job interviews. I’m a disastrous candidate (I was once stopped in t...

Image via Wikipedia I'm not sure I am aware of any organisation that is quite so skilled at ineptitude of the highest order a...

Image by ~Aphrodite via Flick r The news made me shudder. The UAE is introducing IBAN codes for all bank accounts.  By rights, this shoul...

I think we might get into an iterative link loop here, as this excellent piece on the maladroit gibbering gumboils over at HSBC by the Kipp ...

Image via Wikipedia It’s always a delight when a new radio advertisement appears that stands out in the awful sea of half-baked drivel that ...

Image by TW Collins via Flickr The scene. A shop. Quite a noisy sports goods shop playing pump it up let’s get this fitness ting movin’ mus...

Image via Wikipedia The new chequebook requirement is not just on the part of HSBC, as my landlord’s man thought happily last night when I p...

Image by Getty Images via Daylife I suppose I should be angry that HSBC failed to communicate the changes in cheque book requirements with ...

Image by jovike via Flickr Language is a funny thing: when you're writing, sometimes you have to stop in mid-flow and cast about for th...

Image via Wikipedia I can’t say that my 15-year relationship with my bank has been a happy one. Strangely enough, things were better back in...

You’ve issued me with a new Visa card. Can I ask why? The old one doesn’t expire for two years. You asked for it. I didn’t. It’s the new bla...

So now you can pay for your Salik using your mobile. Whoopee. I don't need that service, thanks to the Dubai e-government payment portal...