All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Plumery teams up with Sumsub to strengthen digital banking onboarding

Technological partnership helps banks craft customisable onboarding flows

Financial services firms lift the lid on the dark estate

Jon Oglesby discusses the challenges of shedding light on the dark estate and the potential benefits of transitioning from reactive to proactive IT

Maximising CPM tools: Top tips for financial planning and analysis professionals

Mark Bodger explains how to maximise the benefits of corporate performance management (CPM) tools with top tips for financial planning and analysis professionals

Hargreaves Lansdown launches open banking payment solution

UK-based savings and investment services provider, Hargreaves Lansdown, extends collaboration with Trustly subsidiary, Ecospend

Access FS and Nomo partner to provide Sharia property finance

Mortgage broker Access Financial Services teams up with UK-based Sharia compliant subsidiary of Boubyan Bank

US bank customers resolve to improve financial health in 2024

Bank customers in the US are hopeful to take charge in 2024, even in the face of ongoing inflationary challenges

Nagarro to licence and develop Temenos Country Model Banks for Romania and Poland

Financial institutions in these countries to benefit from Temenos’ banking platform and Nagarro’s regional expertise to offer country model bank functionality

Michael Lafferty 1950-2024

Founding editor of Retail Banker International has passed away

GFT acquires Sophos Solutions

Acquisition from Advent International expands GFT’s core banking expertise and client base, also footprint and team by almost 20%

Indian Union Budget: 1 February – fintech comments

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for fiscal year 2024-2025 on 1 February. Leading local fintechs discuss what they want from the government this year