All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

What are the keys to a winning BaaS partner?

Kim Van Esbroeck explores the key factors that brands should consider when choosing a BaaS provider to ensure that they reap the benefits

CaixaBank rolls out metaverse initiative to promote sustainability

CaixaBank highlights its innovative use of virtual reality to promote World Earth Day

Intergiro and Incharge Join Forces to Make Banking Easier for Students in Europe

Intergiro and Incharge launch a new banking app designed to make financial services easier and more accessible

A new set of rules for crypto

Kate Troup and Ottilia Csoti examine the UK Government consultation into regulation of the crypto industry, its proposed impact on forthcoming regulation, the effect on firms that fall under the microscope, and what this means for consumers

Digital advice falling short of potential due to lack of client understanding

Younger investors highly receptive but firms failing to convey benefits effectively that can drive wider adoption says JD Power

MFS Africa partners with Access Bank to enable outward remittances from Kenya and Nigeria

MFS Africa has partnered with Access Bank, Nigeria’s largest bank which operates across 17 markets, to expand AccessAfrica remittance corridors.

Over half of UK consumers consider using checkout finance: Divido  

Merchants do need to pay closer attention to consumer preferences and BNPL will play a role but the idea that BNPL will truly challenge credit cards dominance is a nonsense

Cost of living crisis: will incumbents or challengers be the big winner?

Is there potential for neobanks to win market share from the incumbents as the cost of living crisis escalates?

The Bank of England’s digital pound: what’s in store?

Jeremy Boot assesses the Bank of England’s strategy for adopting central bank digital currency and how it could develop over the next decade

Frictionless experience helps drive Citi virtual accounts client growth into new global markets

Steve Elms, Global Head of Corporate, Commercial and public-sector sales at Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions highlights the phenomenal rise in usage by global clients of Citi’s Institutional Virtual Accounts