All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Bank of America delivers $7.1bn in financing to build 11,000 affordable units

Community Development Banking helps clients, communities thrive despite challenging economic environment

Banking leaders falling short with how they appreciate their people

Almost half of employees admit that the recognition they receive is given in a way that makes them feel uncomfortable

Young adults too embarrassed to admit they’ve been a victim of a scam – TD

Nearly one third of 18–34-year-old Canadians have been victim of a scam however many are now educating themselves on financial fraud

Big banks offering poor value to UK SMEs

Savings Champion research commissioned by Cynergy Bank highlights that few big banks offer better value for business customers than retail customers

FCA to improve pace and transparency around enforcement cases

The Financial Conduct Authority says it is committed to carrying out enforcement cases more quickly as it seeks to increase the deterrent impact of its enforcement actions

Most bank customers in US express distrust for AI: JD Power

Despite the growing availability of AI-driven tools to help customers, many are hesitant to trust the technology to help manage their money

AU10TIX launches KYB solution

Know Your Business (KYB) and Know Your Customer (KYC) solution validates info against global registries and jurisdictions in one unified flow

UK non-prime lending market contracted 34% since 2019, amid sharp growth of unregulated lending

Whitepaper released by ClearScore calls on UK regulators and government to set a strategy that supports, and broadens access to, the regulated lending market for non-prime customers

Banking hubs could be the future of in-branch banking

UK banks should support banking hubs as an opportunity to maintain and grow their relationship with customers who prefer banking using physical outlets, argues Harry Swain

Lithuania’s Šiaulių Bankas selects Temenos SaaS to modernise core banking in the Cloud

Lithuania’s largest independently-owned lender to migrate retail and corporate banking to Temenos Banking Cloud to drive growth and expand into new segments