All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Banking Built-In: The Embedded Finance Imperative in Corporate Treasury

A new report from Celent is a call to action for banks’ product strategy/product management leaderships

Bank of America wins with multifaceted advertising strategy, reveals GlobalData

Bank of America’s advertising demonstrates a deliberate effort to balance transactional efficiency with knowledge dissemination, showcasing efficient digital services

Fintechs adopt API strategies to create customised solutions and modular products

Robinhood’s recent announcement of its expansion into the private banking sector marks a significant shift in the financial industry, which could carry several repercussions for traditional financial institutions, writes Mark Speare

AI is supercharging cybercrime — here’s how financial institutions can stay ahead

Identity remains the weakest link. Arun Shrestha explains how security teams can use AI tools to detect suspicious access patterns, automate the cleanup of dormant accounts and excessive permissions, and strengthen behavioural analysis

From experimentation to execution: the banks winning with AI

From efficiency to growth: Banks are using AI to reduce manual work and cut costs but should now tap its full potential to drive new growth opportunities, says Gordon Baggott

Trump’s tariffs to hurt payment industry revenue amid trade shifts

The payments sector is negatively impacted by US tariff strategy due to reduced trade volumes but the silver lining is potential new revenue opportunities for payment processors, merchant acquirers and payment gateways, writes Arnie Cho

From risk to resilience: how retail banks are setting the standard for Responsible AI

Alexandra Mousavizadeh explores how banks are operationalising Responsible AI across the AI lifecycle to stay competitive and maintain trust

How bank branches can be more sustainable

Being more sustainable is not only the right thing to do, it’s also good business. In retail banking, this means more than carbon offsetting – it’s about designing sustainable branches that people also want to visit, argues Jon Blakeney

Shaping up for Smart Data

What does smart data sharing mean for the financial services sector? Nima Montazeri explains how providing access to a wider variety of high-quality data can improve the use of gen AI

Regulation, openness, and a modern platform needed for legacy banks to embrace cryptos

Western banks and regulators need to take note of Emirates NBD’s crypto innovation argues Blandina Szalay