All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Monmouthshire Building Society saves over 5,000 hours by deploying new digital workers, automation solutions

Intelligent automation technology provider, SS&C Blue Prism, helps the building society tackle unpredictable demand fluctuations

Robinhood to acquire Bitstamp in $200m deal

Robinhood is taking the fight to Coinbase and Binance with Bitstamp deal

Revolut launches Wealth Protection biometric identification feature

Initiative aims to block pickpockets and phone snatchers from accessing customer savings ahead of summer travel season

ANEXT Bank reports surge in regional and global presence among Its MSME customers

Subsidiary of Ant International expands its customer base by more than twofold y-o-y as cross-border transactions increase six-fold over the past 12 months

CFPB launches process to recognise open banking standards

CFPB establishes process for recognising data sharing standards and aims to prevent incumbents from undermining competition

Fizz raises $14.4m to help Gen Z build credit for the future

Series Seed financing led by Kleiner Perkins underscores urgent need for novel approaches to mounting credit card debt crisis

Fibe raises $90m in Series E round

New Investors leading the round include TR Capital, Trifecta Capital and Amara Partners with existing investors TPG Rise Fund, Norwest Ventures Partners, Eight Roads Ventures and Chiratae Ventures also participating

CDBA, NBA launch programme to boost deposits at banks targeting underserved communities

Leading firms commit $35m at the launch of the Advancing Communities Together Deposit Program

Prósperos secures $3m in seed funding to empower the Latino financial future

The Prósperos Platform provides a faster, low cost and secure solution for international remittances

SMBs Turn to AI, supply chain diversification, and new trade corridors to grow across borders: Payoneer research

Second Annual SMB Ambitions Barometer by Payoneer finds two in five growth-minded SMBs unprepared for geopolitical risks