All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
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
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
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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
Almost 60% of FS staff believe they’ve been denied promotion due to skills gap
Is there is a serious digital skills crisis in UK financial services? A majority of staff claim lack of skills are holding them back according to FDM Group
Alpha Bank Romania acquires the retail operations of Orange Money Romania
French telco Orange agrees to sell its Romanian digital banking unit to local lender Alpha Bank