All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

What retail can teach financial services about improving customer interaction

Matt Ryan explores what financial institutions can learn from the retail sector to enhance customer engagement

Qred selects Vilja platform to deliver next-gen deposit offerings

Qred, Sweden’s newest bank, launched its deposit offering on the local market on 25 April

Digital wallet platform Accrue Savings agrees partnership with justfly.com

Accrue Savings and justfly.com join forces to combat debt as Accrue continues to double down in the travel space

Financial technology platform QI Tech becomes new LatAm unicorn

Series B extension round led by General Atlantic. Brazilian fintech achieves unicorn status six months after raising its $200m Series B round

ING’s DealWise shows the potential for ‘beyond banking’ features in generating growth

Benjamin Hatton examines the early success of ING’s DealWise in Germany, Romania and Belgium and its prospects for roll out in other international markets

Latest quarterly account switch stats again highlight the power of switch incentives

Support for the branch, excellent customer service and regular account switching incentives have all helped Nationwide grow its market share impressively

Barclays Q1 2024 earnings top analyst forecasts despite dip in net interest income

Barclays posts profit before tax of £2.28bn for the three months to end March (Q123: £2.59bn) with the decline in profits reflecting margin pressure

7-day switching: Nationwide, Barclays and Lloyds top for net gains in latest switch stats

2023 marked a record year for UK 7-day current account switching as the switch service hit 10 million total switches since launch and switching is off to a strong start in the first quarter of 2024

CFPB takes action to stop illegal junk fees in mortgage servicing

Homeowners forced to pay for “services” that were prohibited or unauthorised