All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

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

UNDP and SIA agree global partnership to improve digital identity systems

The partnership is committed to promoting open standards and interoperability

Banks out, brands in, say younger European consumers

More than half of 25-34-year-olds (52%) find using financial products via their favourite brands more convenient than using a conventional bank according to research from Vodeno/Aion Bank