All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
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
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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