All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Private credit: stand to attention! It is inspection time

Yann Bloch assesses the rise in popularity of private credit over the past decade and the growing concerns among leading market commentators over the lack of regulation in the market

The bank of the future

Nanda Kumar discusses how digital transformation, driven by AI, blockchain, and data analytics, is reshaping banking, making it more customer-centric and responsive

AI is a tool not a magic trick

Scott Zoldi highlights the risks and limitations of AI alongside the benefits and opportunities it brings when used correctly

US customers more satisfied with national banks, yet leave for better interest rates

Capital One ranks highest in overall satisfaction for a fourth consecutive year in the annual JD Power US National Banking Satisfaction Study

My TSB Rewards launches offering customers discounts and savings

TSB is launching a new rewards portal within the TSB mobile banking app and its internet banking channel

RegTech Salv raises further €3.9m to fund market expansion

Salv’s full suite of tools is used by 53 financial institutions across 12 countries. The latest fund raising brings its capital raised this year to €7.9m and total funding to €12.1m

TD and Plaid agree North American data-access deal

Agreement will empower TD customers with greater data security and privacy by eliminating the need to share login credentials with third-party applications

Emirates NBD welcomes R3 to digital asset lab council

Lab aims to redefine the future of banking with enhanced security, efficiency and customer-centric financial solutions

Pave Bank launches with $5.2m funding round for programmable money revolution 

Pave Bank describes itself as a new programmable bank at the intersection of traditional finance and digital assets

YouLend reaches lending milestone

Embedded financing platform YouLend launched in 2015 and funds SMEs across the UK, EU and the US