All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

LendingPoint closes $900m committed forward flow programme

Funding expands LendingPoint’s forward flow programme and origination capacity

B2B payments set to be the next focus for VC’s in Africa

Risana Zitha outlines the areas of spend management where investors will find the most extensive opportunities and growth, including spend management digitisation and AR/AP digitisation

To buy or to build – the question that keeps decision-makers up at night

Amelia Ruiz Heras discusses how banks can address the urgent issue of payments modernisation and the key factors at play in determining if the essential software can be developed in-house

FCA carpets banks over saving rates and industry reaction

FCA challenges UK banks, building societies to accelerate savers’ interest rate rises – loyal customers being punished say industry observers

5 Steps to treat financial services data as a product

Suki Dhuphar discusses how financial institutions should treat data as a product to drive business value

BankiFi launches mythbusting neobank campaign

Embedded banking platform, BankiFi, steps up against the industry’s biggest misconceptions and myths, specifically around digital only neobanks

Consumer Duty: are businesses ready to hit 31 July deadline?

The FCA reports that two thirds of businesses are likely to miss the deadline

Salt Edge and Kindgeek partner to boost open banking delivery

One-stop shop fintech software developer, Kindgeek teams up with open banking service provider, Salt Edge

Wio Bank signs agreement with ADX

Collaboration enables fully digital, instant IPO subscriptions

NatWest calls for step change in banks and fintechs’ approach to open banking   

Banks, fintechs and regulators need to work together to resolve key economic obstacles that are holding back wider adoption of open banking, according to research from NatWest