All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Zopa Bank reports first full year profit
Launched in June 2020, Zopa is one of the fastest digital banks in the UK to turn an annual profit despite the challenging economic environment dominated by high inflation and macro-economic uncertainty
EBC Financial Group partners with United to Beat Malaria
Campaign of the United Nations Foundation aims to protect vulnerable children and their families from Malaria
How to build trust in AI through Responsible AI
Dr Scott Zoldi, an industry leader at the forefront of Responsible AI, discusses with RBI his groundbreaking work in AI model development governance, including patented use of blockchain technology for the application
Australian SME lender Bizcap launches in the UK
Lender, dedicated to offering faster and more open-minded lending solutions, has provided over 22,000 SMEs with access to capital, funding more than A$850m in loans since its launch in 2019
More than a third of City bosses use GenAI at work every day
Financial services CEOs are the most frequent users of generative AI at work (out of all senior professionals in the sector), with the majority using the tech for brainstorming and speech writing reports KPMG
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JPMorgan Chase Q1 net income rises by 6%
Largest US bank by assets reports another solid quarter but repeats warning that net interest income not sustainable and posts increase in non-interest expenses
Satago partners with mmob to simplify its SME embedded finance proposition
The partnership will allow lenders and corporates to embed Satago’s flexible invoice financing and cashflow solutions, using mmob’s integration capabilities
ATB Ventures’ Oliu partners with thirdstream to scale adoption of digital ID verification across Canada
Onboarding solutions provider for Canadian financial institutions, thirdstream, will now be able to allow its clients the ability to have customers verify their identities simply by logging into their existing Alberta.ca accounts
Homeownership feels out of reach for 76% of Canadians who don’t own property: CIBC
Most are holding onto their goal of one day owning a home, and pushing back timeliness citing pricing, unpredictability of interest rates, inflation and economy
Revolut surpasses 2 million young customers worldwide on <18 app
Fintech bolsters product in bid to put financial power into the hands of teens