All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
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
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
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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
FICO launches Inclusion Accelerator Program and Financial Inclusion Lab
Initiative represents the next phase of FICO’s commitment to financial inclusion innovation while making it easy for the market to rapidly test and adopt alternative data solutions
Visa partners with Prove to make customer onboarding 79% faster
Visa clients now have access to Prove Pre-Fill identity verification solution
Financial Services plagued by bad bots and account takeover attempts: Imperva
Bad bots now make up 26.9% of total FS website activity, causing technical problems and raising fraud levels, according to research released by Imperva