All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
HSBC’s credit history passport set to boost the bank’s presence in the UK credit card market
HSBC’s collaboration with Nova Credit represents a great opportunity to tap into the huge expat customer base and grow credit card market share, writes Phoebe Hodgson
Standard Chartered Q3 2023 earnings miss forecasts, pretax profit dips by 2%
Standard Chartered forecasts for 2024 unchanged with income growth expected in the 8-10% range and a forecast RoTE greater than 11% RoTE
Unlocking the untapped lending potential of ethnic minority-led businesses
Lending Standards Board highlights the pressing need for more equitable access to finance
UK Finance H1 fraud report: industry reaction
Criminals stole £580m through unauthorised and authorised fraud in the first half of 2023, a 2% decrease compared with the same period in 2022
Barclays Q3 2023: net profit dips by 16% but beats forecasts
Barclays net profit for the three months to end September falls by 16% from the year ago quarter to £1.27bn with resilient consumer and credit card numbers enabling the bank to beat analyst forecasts
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Wells Fargo brings the benefits of both digital and human support with LifeSync
Blandina Szalay explains why Wells Fargo is extending its wealth management tool to its retail banking customer segment
Nationwide rebrand is a bold move in a bid to attract new customers
Nationwide’s significant overhaul to its 36-year-old brand is a risky move. However, coupled with the building society’s renewed “branch guarantee,” it could help boost market share
How Mastercard is using AI to protect consumer trust
Jonathan Anastasia outlines why it is becoming so important for financial institutions to find new ways to protect consumers against increasingly sophisticated payments fraud
Tuum agrees strategic partnership with Plumery
Collaboration designed to provide banks and fintechs access to a fully integrated next-gen front and back-end core banking platform
Moving market data to the cloud will reduce total cost of ownership: Alveo
Asia-Pacific execs much more optimistic than US and UK peers about cutting total cost of ownership