All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

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

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

Over 14 million UK adults view monthly savings contributions as an “essential outgoing”

Shariah-compliant challenger bank, Gatehouse Bank, reveals research examining UK adults’ attitudes to spending and saving 

Consumers going digital as better rates push one-third of UK savers to a new provider 

In the past two years, 34% of UK adults have opened a savings account with a new bank or savings provider according to SmartSave

Four in ten SMEs prefer fintech lenders over mainstream banks when seeking business finance

70% of SMEs admit they wouldn’t have survived the cost-of-living crisis without alternative finance options, according to research from Sonovate

CaixaBank Q3 2023 net profit +19% to €1.52bn

Spanish-based CaixaBank reports continued improvement in profitability and efficiency with ROE reaching 11.9% and recurring cost-to-income ratio falling to 42.6%