All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

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

Quona Capital portfolio generates over $1.5bn revenue, 144.5 million lives touched, 79% underserved

Investing in the fintech sector, with a focus on driving financial inclusion, can impact positive change in developing economies, reports Global fintech VC firm Quona Capital 

ESAs present common understanding of greenwashing and warn on related risks

The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) have released a common high-level understanding of greenwashing

Personal financial management: the new frontier for bank and credit card apps?

Virtual assistants and advanced budgeting tools create opportunities for banks and credit card issuers argues JD Power

Kasisto launches KAI-GPT, the first banking industry-specific large language model

Australian lender Westpac implements KAI Answers for accurate, safe and intuitive customer experiences

FintechOS posts 70% y-o-y revenue growth

Fintech enablement platform, FintechOS, hails North American launch with five banks and 300% insurance revenue growth