All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Eurobank Cyprus goes live on Temenos for digital and core banking

Modernisation and digital transformation strengthen the bank’s customer services, competitive position and forms an IT blueprint for Eurobank group

Yabx and Fintech Galaxy partner to boost financial inclusion in the MENA region

Yabx specialises in alternate data-based lending and loan portfolio management for underserved segments of the population

Ozone API & Tuum partner to accelerate open banking

Collaboration aims to create a seamless and comprehensive ecosystem and help customers comply with open banking regulations and commercialise open finance anywhere in the world

Over half of UK businesses rejecting potential customers due to lack of risk visibility

Dun & Bradstreet releases research into business compliance, with a focus on identifying the pressures and challenges that compliance teams are facing

UK SME Savings Tracker reveals banks have reduced average interest rates for small business customers

The gap in business savings rates offered by challenger banks vs those offered by big banks remains at nearly 3% reports Allica Bank 

Santander’s Zinia to provide consumer finance services for Apple in Germany

Zinia has been present in Germany since 2022, offering a range of financing solutions including buy now pay later and instalment plans

Entrust enables governments to transform citizen interactions with digital identities

New Citizen Identity Orchestration solution from Entrust enhances the experience for digital public services

Now is the time for banks to embrace Corporate Digital Identity to tackle application abandonment

C-suite executives are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with their current banks KYC process. Alex Ford explains how banks can navigate the challenge of identifying and verifying corporate and institutional clients while delivering excellent customer experience

Building a Gen Z-worthy financial community

With over 18 million users and 1 out of 4 Gen Z-ers in Turkey actively using banking challenger app, Papara, Özge Çelik explains how it has successfully tapped a market many financial institutions struggle to reach

Ecobank Group launches 2024 Fintech Challenge with $50,000 prize

Applications for the 7th Ecobank Fintech Challenge open to fintechs and developers from across Africa, as well as global Africa-centred fintechs