All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Deal focus: Monzo plots landmark deal with Lunar
UK digital neobank Monzo is reportedly eyeing European expansion by acquiring Nordic digital challenger bank, Lunar
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.
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