All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Insurance reimagined: An AI blueprint

Smarter, faster, reimagined – how can AI innovation transform insurance? A GlobalData virtual conference on 22 October will analyse how AI innovation offers the potential to transform insurance

How telcos and banks accelerate co-innovation at scale

In the third of a four-part series analysing the convergence of banking and telco, Pablo Cella discusses how best to spark financial and telco partnership innovation

‘When AWS sneezes, half the internet catches the flu’- AWS outage industry reaction

The AWS outage of 20 October will spark a payment dispute timebomb, warns industry expert Monica Eaton, Founder and CEO of Chargebacks911

AWS outage reveals vulnerability in cloud-based online banking platforms, says GlobalData

The AWS outage on 20 October highlights that even the most pioneering banking technology is prone to reliability issues

Money laundering costs $5.5tn across the globe: Napier AI

Napier AI’s 2025/26 global AML Index, researched by Napier AI in partnership with Global Data, ranks 40 global markets based on their effectiveness in financial crime compliance

Bank earnings, idiosyncratic risks and what to watch out for

Daniela Hathorn highlights some key takeaways of the Q3 banking sector results

RBC and Tangerine rank highest for customer satisfaction in annual JD Power Canadian survey

Customer satisfaction gap widens between Big 5 and midsize banks in Canada according to JD Power 2025 Canada Retail Banking Satisfaction Study

From back office to frontline: Unlocking AI’s revenue potential in banking

While cost-cutting is important, banks are overlooking AI’s biggest opportunity: fuelling growth through hyper-personalisation, predictive analytics, and dynamic pricing, all while staying on the right side of compliance, explains Radi El Haj

UK banking sector’s tax handicap set to widen

The total tax contribution of the UK banking sector is estimated to have risen to £43.3bn for the financial year to the end of March 2025

Rebuilding confidence in retail banking: Why digital inclusion needs real accountability

Dr Gulzar Singh discusses how banks can restore public trust by making responsibility as visible as innovation