All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Lloyds Banking Group Q2 2023 profits flat, miss forecasts
Second quarter pre-tax profit is unchanged y-o-y at £1.6bn and lending and deposits inch down but Lloyds posts strong net interest income growth
Visa Q3 2023 revenue, net income beat forecasts
Visa reports net income of $4.16bn for the third quarter up 22% y-o-y with revenue of $8.12bn ahead by 12% y-o-y
How banks can retain funds and data by leveraging crypto
As positivity returns to the crypto industry, Todd Crosland explains why traditional financial firms should include crypto in their offerings to keep funds and data in their ecosystem
A new era for legacy banks with digital transformation
Martin Ward discusses why legacy banks can still innovate while undertaking long term digital transformation projects
Kyckr solves a $40m problem for financial institutions
Corporate KYC company, Kyckr, unveils the latest version of its Ultimate Beneficial Ownership verification tool
Patents signal: sharp drop in banking and payments patent activity in Q2
Digital banking, online payments, cyber and AI all register double digit drops in patent applications in Q2
65% of SMEs lack financial knowledge to expand beyond UK: HedgeFlows
Fintech platform reports that 72% of SMEs do not have the capability to manage foreign payments
Mastercard innovates virtual card acceptance with new receivables solution
A new automated solution from Mastercard helps streamline the way businesses accept and process virtual card payments
Jobs signal: US banks dominate hiring activity for year to date
Citi, US Bank, Wells Fargo and Chase are most active recruiters in world banking for the year to date according to GlobalData’s exclusive jobs analytics database
American Express Q2 2023 earnings beat forecasts, record revenue +12% y-o-y
Affluent cardmembers enable Amex to beat profit estimates with card spending up 8% in Q2