All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

UK’s entrepreneurial ambitions stronger than ever

Small business growth outpaces larger companies: Mastercard

CBA targets crypto scams

Commonwealth Bank of Australia imposes new holds, declines and limits on payments to cryptocurrency exchanges

Canadian bank and credit card apps slow to include PFM tools

CIBC and TD rank highest in a tie in banking mobile app satisfaction with BMO third, reports JD Power

UK banks need to ‘up their game’: Treasury Select Committee

The all-party Treasury Select Committee publishes savings rates responses from banks and building societies-and it is not impressed

FCA cracks down on crypto ads: industry reaction

From 8 October firms promoting crypto products or services will need to warn consumers not to expect protection if their investment sours

GDPR – the benchmark for a global privacy framework

Alasdair Anderson reflects on five years of GDPR, the benefits, issues and future of the regulation

Nest Egg completes strategic financing round

Backing from OceanFirst Bank, Republic Bank and others enables Nest Egg to expand its national footprint

Dramatic changes needed to rules governing economic markets: Odile Renaud-Basso

EBRD President discusses climate and nature crises and how to green the global economy

Cryptocurrency needs regulation to protect consumers, say MPs and Lords

The UK has a finite window of 12-18 months to ensure early leadership on cryptocurrency regulation, according to a cross party group of MPs and Lords in the UK Parliament

Banks are getting a better grip on fraud: SEON

SEON’s Global Banking Fraud Index analyses the cost of fraud to banks and other financial institutions around the world in 2023