All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
GlobalData Social Media Analytics reveals top 10 companies lording over BNPL conversations past 12 months
GlobalData research notes a drop in BNPL-related social media discussions since June 2022
Lanistar unveils latest app feature with 8 virtual card colours
Fintech startup Lanistar has unveiled its latest feature, allowing customers the choice to customise their virtual payment card with one of Lanistars eight iconic colour schemes.
Bank lending to rise by £29bn as UK dodges recession
Banks are expected to increase their lending this year as the UK economy swerves the forecast recession and the housing markets shows small signs of some revival, according to the EY ITEM Club UK bank lending forecast
South African fintech e4 acquired by consortium led by Infinite Partners
Private equity deal values e4 in excess of ZAR1bn
Abhi becomes MENAP’s first fintech to issue Islamic bonds
Abhi, the embedded finance platform reports that demand for the Sukuk exceeded forecasts, reaching twice the anticipated amount
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113 US banks to pay special levy to replenish FDIC bank failures fund
The FDIC plans to collect a special assessment at an annual rate of approximately 12.5 basis points over eight quarterly assessment periods
Scotiabank ramps up drive to prevent and cure hepatitis
Scotiabank donates C$1.35m to MUHC Foundation to create a Montreal without hepatitis C
How have rate rises affected the Australian banking sector?
While mortgage demand has dipped, demand for credit has not fallen across the board, explains Ciaran Yates
Temenos expands relationship with AWS to offer core banking as SaaS
Temenos says that Amazon Web Services collaboration creates comprehensive offering supporting banks with greater agility, higher performance, scalability, and security
Grupo Mexico closes in on $7bn deal for Citi’s Banamex unit
Citi is close to selling its Mexico-based retail banking unit Banamex to Grupo Mexico for around $7bn