All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
VocaLink is a great deal for MasterCard
For MasterCard, the VocaLink deal looks a good bet. Douglas Blakey comments
Scotiabanks international retail banking digital drive gathers pace
Scotiabank has seen strong performances at its subsidiaries in the Pacific Alliance -Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru region.
Counting the cost of silence and some initial Brexit forecasts
With hindsight, its a shame the UK banks kept quiet and arguably they only have themselves to blame. Douglas Blakey comments
OTP lands a Touch
Touch Bank is off to a flier. The Russia-based digital and mobile only bank, launched by Hungarys OTP Bank, set up shop as recently as April 2015. Its Touch Bank card has proved an instant hit with 60,000 customers and 30m ($34m) deposits in the banks first year. Douglas Blakey reports
iZettle celebrates 5th birthday with lower pricing model and new features
Sweden-headquartered mPOS vendor iZettle is five today. It is celebrating its birthday with the launch of a a number of improvements designed to help small businesses sell smarter and keep growing.
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Pretty bad, but packaged accounts are not the new PPI
At first glance, the figures are pretty damning. Complaints to the UK Financial Ombudsman Service about packaged current accounts -or value added accounts as certain banks prefer to term them soared by 107% year-on-year to 44,244. Douglas Blakey comments
The 2016 RBI Awards praise the exemplary
In an exuberant affair, the winners of the RBI Awards 2016 collected their prizes. Douglas Blakey discusses the winners and why each of them, ranging from various exotic locations, deserved their acclaim. From regional awards to more specific titles for innovation and security, there was certainly much to behold
Has account switching switched on?
Take a bow Santander, Halifax and Nationwide, the big winners in the latest account switching stats. Douglas Blakey writes
We are out pitching every day…
Lee Cameron has one of the toughest jobs in fintech. Soaring losses, impairments, declining revenues and repeatedly missed targets have all combined to weaken market confidence in Monitise, the onetime darling of the UK fintech sector. As he tells Douglas Blakey, the market will not tolerate any more failure
Optimising results in the Czech Republic
?eská Spo?itelna has successfully implemented FICOs Optimisation Technology for pre-approved loans. As ?eskás Zuzana Sloukova tells Douglas Blakey, the returns have been impressive, increasing profits by 26% while new sales are also up by 29% all with no increase in credit risk costs