Yes, I am at least the proximate cause of the use of the system in Europe, since I have been scurrying around having dinner parties everywhere. Your piece has led me to rename the system from "being the Bank" to "Bistronomics" based (partly) on the "Bistromathics" term (which is a mouthful).

See Being The Bank, AKA Bistronics: http://www.stoweboyd.com/ambivalence/2007/10/being-the-bank-.html.