All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Spending a source of conflict for a third of couples: BMO

35% of partnered Canadians believe their significant other spends too much money while 36% admit they are not always truthful to their partner and/or spouse about their finances

Cascading AI secures $3.9m in pre-seed funding

California-based fintech aims to revolutionise the banking industry with its AI-native loan origination system

illimity FY23 net profit rises by 39% y-o-y to record high

illimity growth in fiscal 2023 driven by an 11% rise in revenue to €359m, propelled by core business expansion and the value enhancement of illimity’s digital platform

NatWest first UK bank accepted onto new UK open banking DPS

NatWest is confirmed as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) new Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for open banking services

G10 Bank opens first digital bank branch in the favelas in Paraisópolis

Latin American-based payments and digital banking enabler, Dock, is responsible for the digital banking technology deployed by the bank

Finance surpasses healthcare as most breached industry in 2023: Kroll

Finance emerges as the most breached industry in 2023, accounting for 27% of the breaches handled by risk and financial advisory solutions provider Kroll, as opposed to 19% in 2022

Bank of America delivers banking & investing benefits and rewards to 4m employees of corporate clients

Increasing number of companies add wellness tools and resources to help employees live their best financial lives

Explainer: what is DORA and why must financial institutions act now to ensure compliance?

DORA or to give it its full title, The Digital Operational Resilience Act, is an EU wide regulation but it is very relevant to UK businesses and likely to be incorporated into UK law

FCA’s access to cash consultation closes

The FCA’s consultation period on its rules maintaining access to cash closes today. The rules matter to vulnerable consumers who rely on access to cash and to small firms’ freedom to choose cash as a form of payment

Canadian millennials and Gen X weighed down by financial worries: RBC

While millennials and Gen X share many of the same financial anxieties there are differences in their level of concern with millennials more worried about their cash flow but less anxious about their financial future reports RBC