03/12/15

[Maik]

Bank of England adviser: 'Everyone should have two bank accounts in case of cyber attack'
Banking expert warns cyber threat is so great we all need two accounts to guarantee access to cash

A leading banking academic and former adviser to the Bank of England has said everyone should have two bank accounts - so they can still access money if a major bank is crippled by a cyber attack.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/bank-accounts/12028576/Bank-of-England-adviser-Everyone-should-have-two-bank-accounts-in-case-of-cyber-attack.html

[Maik]

Heard residents on Kef and Levkas have been granted an extension to (certain) tax deadlines. Couldn't make out the details, probably best to ask an accountant if it would be good news to you.

[Maik]

Just had a man in a van come round, sounded like he was announcing a service would be down tomorrow morning but couldn't catch any details of what / where / how long. Rigging up new 'phone lines in Tzanata last night, big cables all across the road.

[Maik]

PNO seem to think Ionian Group are planing lay-offs on the Ionian Star Sami-Patras route

[Maik]

Poverty threatens German pensioners

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released a report on the retirement systems of 34 industrial countries and show that poverty threatens Germany, too as Deutsche Welle reports.

The results of the report were presented on Tuesday at Berlin and there were not very promising for German pensioners.

http://en.protothema.gr/poverty-threatens-german-pensioners/