All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

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

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

GFT AI.DA Marketplace launches

AI.DA or Artificial Intelligence & Data is, says GFT, the faster way to utilise AI

2024: Call for banking and payments sector forecasts

It is that time of the year again. Now that we are into Q4, I am reaching out to the banking and payments sector for their end of year review comments/or 2024 forecasts

ECB supports digital euro: industry reaction

The European Central Bank gives the go-ahead for the preparation phase of a digital euro