All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Fintech MPOWER Financing crosses $300m in financing capacity to support international students
Debt funding includes commitments from Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, and Värde Partners
US banking M&A activity bucks FS trend in Q3
Banking is the only FS subsector where M&A activity increased in Q3’23 versus Q2, reports KPMG
Royal Bank of Canada expands sponsorship with Taylor Swift
RBC Avion Rewards members get access to an exclusive allocation of Vancouver tickets
Can disruptive technologies bolster the competitiveness of North American banks?
North American are banks significantly more bullish on technology investment and adoption versus regional peers, according to research from Temenos
DBS apologises for digital disruptions – lays out comprehensive roadmap to improve technology resiliency
Roadmap includes measures to strengthen technology governance, people/leadership, systems and processes
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UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel: take a bow
If measured by share price performance for the year to date in the global banking sector, UniCredit is in a league of its own
Navigating real-time payments: the intersection of fast fraud and machine learning in finance
As the financial sector increasingly embraces the real-time model, it becomes imperative to understand that if we move in real-time, so too does fraud, writes Alex Jimenez
Why banks need to undergo a Hispanic transformation, not just a digital one
Carlos Garcia discusses what banks and financial institutions have done to attract Hispanics in the past, why it didn’t work, and how they can modify their offerings now to capitalise on Hispanics’ collective wealth
Signal: Ebury acquisition of Bexs Group approved by Central Bank of Brazil
Global fintech Ebury’s global footprint workforce of 1,700 now spans 25 countries and 38 offices
US small business banking customer satisfaction surges
Capital One ranks highest nationally for small business banking customer satisfaction ahead of US Bank and Chase according to the JD Power 2023 US Small Business Banking Satisfaction Study