All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Quona Capital portfolio generates over $1.5bn revenue, 144.5 million lives touched, 79% underserved

Investing in the fintech sector, with a focus on driving financial inclusion, can impact positive change in developing economies, reports Global fintech VC firm Quona Capital 

ESAs present common understanding of greenwashing and warn on related risks

The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) have released a common high-level understanding of greenwashing

Personal financial management: the new frontier for bank and credit card apps?

Virtual assistants and advanced budgeting tools create opportunities for banks and credit card issuers argues JD Power

Kasisto launches KAI-GPT, the first banking industry-specific large language model

Australian lender Westpac implements KAI Answers for accurate, safe and intuitive customer experiences

FintechOS posts 70% y-o-y revenue growth

Fintech enablement platform, FintechOS, hails North American launch with five banks and 300% insurance revenue growth

The programmability of CBDCs to catalyse next wave of banking innovation

The key to maximising the potential of Central Bank Digital Currencies lies in programmability and public-private collaboration, according to Standard Chartered and PwC China

BMO drives progress for mental health treatment

Bank of Montreal C$2m donation is the single-largest corporate gift made to The Royal Ottawa Health Care Group in its history

What opportunities exist in countering the trend of US branch closures?

Ciaran Yates assesses the contribution of JPMorgan Chase branch strategy to its success in outperforming its peers in growing retail deposits market share

National Bank of Canada Q2 2023 net income -5%, misses forecasts

All of Canada’s big six have now reported and NBC along with four of its peers misses Q2 2023 earnings forecasts on higher provisions

Mastercard signs embedded finance partnership with Fabrick

Mastercard participates in Fabrick £40m capital raising to acquire minority stake