All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
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
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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