All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Zelle announces Q2 customer growth, enhanced security measures
More than 80% of US demand deposit accounts now include Zelle, with strong growth in minority depository institutions offering Zelle in underserved communities
Strong SME growth in Asia-Pacific is driving Starling’s expansion into the region
Nandita Shukla explains why Starling is to export its BaaS platform to APAC
The case for a UK CBDC
Douglas Blakey discusses the potential for a UK central bank digital currency with industry experts Praveen Prabhakaran and Daniel Field of UST.
Scotiabank Q3 2023 net income -18% y-o-y, misses forecasts
Scotiabank reports net income of C$2.12bn for the three months to end July, compared to C$2.59bn in the same period last year
BMO launches mobile wallet for virtual cards with Mastercard and Extend
Bank of Montreal is the first global Mastercard issuer to offer contactless virtual cards through Extend
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Signal: LemFi raises $33m – aims to transform financial services for immigrants
Funding led by Left Lane Capital. Other investors included Y-Combinator, Zrosk, Global Founders Capital, and Olive Tree
Standard Chartered sells its global aviation finance leasing business to AviLease
StanChart announced back in January that it was exploring strategic alternatives for its aviation unit. That review has concluded with the unit being sold
What The State Bank of Pakistan’s new guidelines mean for banks
Furrukh Ali Baig explains why the Pakistan central bank’s security regulations offer the country’s banks the opportunity to build more secure and customer-centric practices
Signal: Laurentian sale-it has all gone very quiet
One by one, it seems that potential suitors for Laurentian Bank have dropped out of what may be a non-existent race
Technology, financial services, retail, and pharma industries top recruiters of GenAI talent, finds GlobalData
GlobalData’s Job Analytics Database reveals GenAI job postings