All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

European Commission and CFPB team up to discuss boosting consumer protection

The Commissioner for Justice and Consumer Protection of the European Commission and the Director of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau discuss critical financial consumer protection issues

Canadian Tire Bank expands relationship with Temenos, moves to Temenos Banking Cloud

Canadian Tire Bank, the financial arm of Canadian Tire Corporation and one of Canada’s largest retailers, will adopt Temenos Banking Cloud to accelerate its core modernisation

Jenius Bank launches debut product, personal loans

Inaugural product marks new digital bank’s first consumer product

Canada’s Laurentian Bank announces strategic review, options include sale

Laurentian Bank kicks off review to maximises shareholder and stakeholder value

Canada regulator proposes mortgage changes – banks to hold more capital to manage risks

Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions wants to ensure banks and mortgage insurers have adequate capital buffers to absorb risks that arise when mortgages fall into negative amortisation

Why banks must get to grips with transformation to stop the customer exodus

Antony Jenkins CEO of 10x Banking and former CEO of Barclays, delves into digital transformation. Once confined to IT departments it is now taking centre stage across entire organisations

To build or to buy argument refuses to go away

The tired argument that incumbent banks are by definition fated to fail due to reliance on legacy systems refuses to go away

Challenger banks report increase in suspicious activity

Suspicious activity is increasing with criminals increasingly targeting challenger banks, according to SmartSearch

CFPB hammers Bank of America for illegal fees, withholding rewards, opening fake accounts

Bank of America to pay more than $100m to harmed consumers and $150m in penalties

US Bank launches RV and boat marketplace in collaboration with Rollick

Lender is the first to offer direct-to-consumer RV and boat purchasing experience