All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

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Master Data Management is obsolete for data unification in FinServ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

Monzo and Starling low on fraud ratings but unlikely to lose customers

Challenger banks rank poorly in the PSR fraud performance report but as Harry Swain argues, this is unlikely to impact consumer behaviour

How can banks hit the bullseye?

As traditional banks dismantle their high street empires, challenger banks have a unique opportunity to attract more primary accounts by making their app offerings truly innovative, writes Ben Goldin

MUFG posts record first half earnings

First half net profit represents 71% progress towards the FY2023 target of JPY1.3trn driven by the impact of yen depreciation and the lack of losses reported last year at its US banking unit

Grab-backed GXBank unveils beta bank app

The first digital bank to commence operations in Malaysia is now available to 20,000 users to obtain early user feedback

Revolut raises price of paid plans, revamps Premium and Metal with new partner subscriptions

Revolut announces the first significant overhaul of its paid plans since their launch in 2018 for customers in the UK and EEA