All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
UK families need help to meet ‘triple savings challenge’
UK families have a £74bn shortfall of funds saved for emergencies and retirement compared with a country in which every family had at least three months of income kept in precautionary savings: Resolution Foundation
Maybank champions financial inclusion and independence among PwDs in ASEAN
In conjunction with Chinese New Year, Maybank premieres a film entitled “Unspoken” and shares measures to support marginalised communities
Spending a source of conflict for a third of couples: BMO
35% of partnered Canadians believe their significant other spends too much money while 36% admit they are not always truthful to their partner and/or spouse about their finances
Cascading AI secures $3.9m in pre-seed funding
California-based fintech aims to revolutionise the banking industry with its AI-native loan origination system
illimity FY23 net profit rises by 39% y-o-y to record high
illimity growth in fiscal 2023 driven by an 11% rise in revenue to €359m, propelled by core business expansion and the value enhancement of illimity’s digital platform
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NatWest first UK bank accepted onto new UK open banking DPS
NatWest is confirmed as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) new Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for open banking services
G10 Bank opens first digital bank branch in the favelas in Paraisópolis
Latin American-based payments and digital banking enabler, Dock, is responsible for the digital banking technology deployed by the bank
Finance surpasses healthcare as most breached industry in 2023: Kroll
Finance emerges as the most breached industry in 2023, accounting for 27% of the breaches handled by risk and financial advisory solutions provider Kroll, as opposed to 19% in 2022
Bank of America delivers banking & investing benefits and rewards to 4m employees of corporate clients
Increasing number of companies add wellness tools and resources to help employees live their best financial lives
Explainer: what is DORA and why must financial institutions act now to ensure compliance?
DORA or to give it its full title, The Digital Operational Resilience Act, is an EU wide regulation but it is very relevant to UK businesses and likely to be incorporated into UK law