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by i2pi 16y ago
You can buy 20 CD's or buy a CDAR, which is a pass-through instrument that aggregates CDs at multiple banks to get it all under FDIC insurance. http://www.cdars.com/ Personally, I think you'd just be better off buying government bonds fro
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by i2pi 16y ago
Hmm. Reading the descriptions of FriendlyRank + MyBestFace, I'm not sure they are in any way the same thing. OKCupid's product uses their own data to evaluate profile pictures. FriendlyRank explicitly asks users (which users? does FriendlyR
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by i2pi 16y ago
I forgot to mention it in the blog post, but there are well defined measures of code coverage for software development. I'm not sure if the same concepts have made there way into legal analysis. I would like to see that any financial portfo
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Pythonic financial simulation(blog.i2pi.com)
17 points by i2pi 16y ago|5 comments
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Why banking technology sucks(banksimple.net)
4 points by i2pi 17y ago|0 comments
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by i2pi 17y ago
There is inertia, and then there is actively keeping us in the dark ages to retain revenue. Ninety percent of transactions at branches are check deposits. People bringing in bits of paper to transfer money. But the branch remains the number
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by i2pi 17y ago
Hi all. I'm Josh, one of the team behind Banksimple. If you have any questions, feel free to ask us anything. Of course, with the recent outbreak of spring weather here in NYC, I've been out and about instead of checking HN. But I'll follow
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by i2pi 17y ago
Most PE guys I know of are having a hell of a time trying to acquire banks. While there has been some indication of a relaxing of the bank holding company act (that would otherwise prevent PE, or any non-banking firm from acquiring a bank),
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by i2pi 17y ago
Um. How much does it cost the bank? Zero. Or very close to it. Unlike banks outside of North America, US banks earn well over 50% of their revenue from fees and charges. The typical banking model of net interest margin (the amount earned by
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by i2pi 17y ago
I'm actually in the process of starting a bank. It is difficult to go the traditional route of acquiring a bank. The FDIC is concerned about two things right now. First off they are worried about 'innovative business models' as it was 'inno
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by i2pi 17y ago
Ah. Something borked on that sample output. Here is a better sample of the output: http://predict.i2pi.com/zK7tuI9Q
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by i2pi 17y ago
Good point. My concern here is that when people work with spreadsheets they tend to violate they layout principles that I'd prefer data to adhere to. Maybe a better option would be to create a google docs plugin that lets people clean up th
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by i2pi 17y ago
Hi - The interface is not very intuitive. I can say that with some authority as I'm the guy behind this. The idea was to get it out and see how people use it. And so far I'm seeing that many people are getting confused by the correct file f