All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Interview: Informatica’s Levent Ergin on UK banks readiness to meet climate risk regs
Climate risk is now no mere ESG reporting exercise. Levent Ergin tells RBI editor Douglas Blakey why the new regulations mark a shift from climate ‘awareness’ to embedded prudential oversight
Interview: Neo4j Global Head of Finserv Michael Down on the $442bn fraud problem banks can’t see
Michael Down, Global Head of Financial Services at Neo4j, tells RBI Editor Douglas Blakey that the fraud challenge for banks is not just scale, but is also, crucially, visibility
South Korea’s rise in household debt raises questions over financial stability
Korea’s May household borrowing surge, fuelled by stock FOMO and cheap credit, raises debt and default risks—especially for youth, writes Bhavya Patel
US Small and Midsize Businesses Poised for Growth, Waiting to Make Significant Moves: 2026 Columbia Bank Business Barometer
Rising expectations for increased productivity, profitability and growth opportunities tempered by near-term uncertainty and volatility
Financially stressed Canadians expect banks to provide guidance but turn to AI for advice: JD Power
RBC ranks highest in banking advice and financial health support while CIBC ranks first in credit card financial health support
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UK bank ID scheme seeks to transform remote KYC, but who pays, and what happens when something goes wrong?
UK banks successful completion of a proof-of-concept testing for a voluntary digital identity service has the potential to represent of the biggest shifts in UK payments and digital commerce for years, explains Chris Jones
Is there such a thing as a low-risk financial platform anymore?
Dave Rossi explains why every financial platform – and customer – is at risk from fraudsters and why collaboration and information sharing are fundamental to fighting back
How can compliance keep up with AI agents?
As traditional risk frameworks aren’t built for agent-to-agent commerce, Nejc Korosec explains why the industry urgently needs to develop the equivalent of KYC for the agentic era: KYA, or Know Your Agent
Instant payments: technology imperatives for banking leaders
Achieving success in the instant payments era is not just about processing transactions faster. Radha Suvarna explains why it should be about designing for real-time value
Banks are deploying AI faster than they can govern it
As banks race to deploy AI agents, governance is emerging as the major obstacle to adoption. Jawwad Rasheed explores how banks can transform governance into an enabler for safe AI deployment