All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
FCA launches permanent digital sandbox to boost innovation – industry reaction
Following two successful pilots, the digital sandbox will be made available permanently on 1 August
Virgin Money axes another 39 branches
Once the latest closures take effect, almost two in three of the bank’s branches will have closed since Clydesdale, Yorkshire and Virgin combined under a single brand
Medallia extends partnership with Permanent TSB
Irish bank says that the collaboration will transform its customer and employee experience
Accounts that fund discovery – Science Card set to launch in September
Science Card is the UK’s first e-money current account dedicated to accelerating scientific research and innovation
Deal focus: Monzo plots landmark deal with Lunar
UK digital neobank Monzo is reportedly eyeing European expansion by acquiring Nordic digital challenger bank, Lunar
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A new era for whistleblowers?
Joanna Lewis, MD of Safecall welcomes the FCA strengthening support for whistleblowers
Consumer Duty Regulation could drive competitiveness in the banking sector
Banks with the technologies that make it easy to leverage disparate customer characteristic, event and outcome data sources and which support flexibility and optimisation of product pricing will be the winners
Cost of living crisis pushes debts to highest ever level for quarter of all young and middle-aged Brits
Older demographics are much more resilient with just 7% of over-55s with record levels of personal debt, the lowest across Europe
Santander signs John Rahm as new global ambassador
World number 3 ranked golfer to wear the Santander logo on all his apparel and will be part of bank’s events and advertising
Fraud and identity platform Bureau extends series A funding to $16.5m
GMO VenturePartners adds $4.5m to existing $12m series A.