All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Higher rates from digital banks unlikely to pose long-term threat to incumbents
The UK digital challenger banks continue to struggle to persuade customers to consider them as their primary bank. This will not be achieved solely by offering better savings rates, explains Harry Swain
TD Q3 2023 net income -8% y-o-y to C$3.0bn, misses forecasts
Increased provisions and expenses relating to the cancelled acquisition of First Horizon impact Toronto Dominion third quarter earnings
RBC Q3 2023 net income +8% y-o-y, beats forecasts
Successful cost cutting and improved margins boost earnings in the quarter to end July at Royal Bank of Canada despite higher provisions
Retail Banker International on-demand webinar: Generative AI in retail banking
Steve Walker, GlobalData, Alex LaPlante, RBC, Zor Gorelov of Kasisto, John Duigenan of IBM, Raffael Maio of Net Guardians and Russ Cohn of IDVerse discuss generative AI in retail banking
Retail banking and AI: banks need take no lessons from the rail companies, airlines
Compared to other major industries such as travel, banks are doing a pretty decent job in tapping into AI
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Acquisition aims to deepen insights for Yahoo Finance users and extend its capabilities to social investor communities
LiveMore creates unique affordability calculator covering all later life lending options
The LiveMore affordability calculator provides brokers and their clients with the maximum amount of borrowing available on all of its products in one visual display
Citi launches simplified banking
US retail banking arm of Citi introduces relationship tiers and streamlines product range, all with aim of helping customers achieve their financial potential
Zorrz and Sileon join forces for new credit products
UK and Swedish fintechs, Zorrz and Sileon, team up with Zorrz to deploy Sileon’s BNPL SaaS platform
Bloom Analytics launches embedded lending solution
Bloom Analytics leverages proprietary decisioning to help lenders grow across the credit spectrum