All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

US customer satisfaction with mortgage lenders rises but challenges ahead

Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation ranks highest in customer satisfaction according to the JD Power 2023 US Mortgage Origination Satisfaction Study

UK banking sector contributes £41bn to UK Treasury in financial year to end March 2023

Banking sector tax contribution represents 4.6% of total UK government tax receipts

YouLend and Plaid partnership boosts SME financing approval rates to 90% across Europe

Strategic partnership between YouLend and Plaid seeks to reshape the SME lending landscape

Data breaches decrease by 76% globally in Q3 2023

240 user accounts were leaked every minute in Q3 2023 according to data released by cybersecurity company Surfshark

Banks must take a fresh approach to combat human trafficking

The global human trafficking industry is a $150bn industry. Silvija Krupena discusses the actions banks need to take to play their part in eradicating the growing threat of trafficking

Consumers using investments to cover rising costs: Tink

‘Set and forget’ investing has become a thing of the past according to research from Tink

Moneythor launches Customer Activation Management platform

Activation products designed to address critical growth challenges faced by financial institutions globally

Suits Me teams up with Jumio

Collaboration enables more underbanked customers to open an account in minutes

Web3 and the future of customer loyalty

Customer retention is an increasing pain point across the financial services (FS) industry, writes Janis Heibel

Master Data Management is obsolete for data unification in FinServ

Anthony Deighton discusses how data products can enhance unification and quality to accelerate payments infrastructure innovation and scalability