All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

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The cost-of-living crisis: Considerations for financial services firms

Harry Hughes of The Lending Standards Board, discusses how banks and FS firms can help customers navigate the cost-of-living crisis

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AI in banking: from the innovation lab to production

Kevin Levitt head of NVIDIA Financial Services discusses the takeaways of NVIDIA’S State of AI in FS 2022 Trends Report

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Acclimating to a new reality

IBM’s 2022 Global Outlook for Banking and Financial Markets report is out and is well worth a read. Co-author Anthony Lipp highlights key takeaways

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‘Banks are wasting billions on cloud’: KPMG’s Mark Corns

KPMG’s Mark Corns tells RBI editor Douglas Blakey how banks can close the cloud value gap

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UK current account switching: plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

Starling, Nationwide and Virgin Money are the big winners in UK 7 day account switching for the year to end Q3 2021

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RBC posts strong RRSP growth, more Canadians shift financial priorities to longer-term investing

Registered Retirement Savings Plans in Canada are on the rise and in another boost for the banking sector more investors are willing to pay fees for the chance to gain higher returns

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How embedded lending will re-shape B2B financing in 2022

Embedded lending is soaring but what, asks Mikkel Velin, does this mean for the B2B lending sector?

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How voluntary standards can de-risk the booming alternative lending market

All lenders including the growing alternative finance sector need to work towards best practice frameworks argues Emma Lovell

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RCBC scores cross sell ratio hit with enhanced Hexagon Club offering

RCBC Hexagon Club members give the bank a cross sell ratio three times that of non club members

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Buy now pay later regulation: time for the RBA to act?

The buy now pay later sector continues to attract huge hype but remains unprofitable and badly in need of regulation