All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Talus Pay acquires Jobox.ai and Clarus Merchant Services
Acquisitions provide fintech software and integrated B2B capabilities to accelerate growth
Confidence in the City: 87% of financial services bosses confident about Q1 growth: KPMG
UK financial leaders kick off 2024 confident of sector prospects but inflation remains a major challenge, reports KPMG
New frontiers in digital transformation for banks: Augmenting IT engineering with Gen AI
Gen AI launches a transformative wave, widening the gap between progressive and lagging banks, offering a competitive edge through enhanced efficiency and personalisation, writes K R Venkatraman
HSBC completes sale of its French retail banking unit
Much delayed sale is now concluded as HSBC accelerates its exit from a number of global markets
Saxo’s ABC’s of investing in 2024
Charles White Thomson, CEO at Saxo UK has compiled an alphabetical list of investment terms that were prevalent throughout 2023 and that he believes can provide investment guidance for 2024
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Winter increase in domestic abuse victims using HSBC branch ‘safe spaces’
HSBC UK joined the safe spaces scheme in April 2022 and since then over 200 people have used a HSBC UK safe space
RBC receives approval to close HSBC Canada deal
Canada’s Finance Minister approves country’s largest bank’s C$13.5bn acquisition of Canada’s seventh-largest bank
2023: Banking sector deals of the year
A look back at the some of the most significant deals and failures across banking and payments in 2023
Fintech and the fight against climate change
Rob Straathof discusses how technology can help small businesses to make a positive impact
Banking and payments experts share sector forecasts for 2024
Douglas Blakey canvasses 220+ industry leaders to get their expert opinions on prospects for the banking and payments sectors in 2024