All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Signal: Goldman Sachs eyes disposal of its investment advisery unit
The proposed disposal of Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management unit follows Marcus retail loans portfolio sales and its embarrassing and costly BNPL foray via GreenSky
More than half of challenger banks neglect sanctions and PEP list checks: SmartSearch
Research from digital compliance firm, SmartSearch, reveals various aspects of compliance practices of incumbent and challenger banks
Student banking: half of students regret their choice of bank account
It’s that time of year again- Google trends data shows that this week in August is usually the time of year most people research the term ‘student bank account’
DirectID partners with LendInvest to streamline credit decisions in the property finance market
Collaboration deploys open banking data to enhance credit decisions, accelerating processes
Dock teams up with Feedzai, expands access to fraud prevention tools to LatAm SMEs
Feedzai’s application of AI and machine learning models will be accessible to Dock customers
Fintech Avenues World eyes 10X growth of $27bn in MENA digital payments market
UAE’s second largest non-bank payment aggregator has a regional payment processing run-rate of $2.7bn currently
Cynergy Bank secures £20m tier 2 capital facility from British Business Investments
Funding from the subsidiary of the British Business Bank will accelerate Cynergy Bank growth plans
Signal: FS sector jobs hiring down sharply in H1, Germany and Poland buck the trend
Financial services sector jobs activity drops in the first half of 2023 in most major banking markets according to GlobalData’s proprietary Thematic Engine
Credit card issuers must confront consumers’ mounting debt: JD Power
Majority of US credit cardholders carry revolving debt
Borderless data – acting locally, thinking globally
Alasdair Anderson discusses how automated data compliance can meet business, customer and regulatory demands