All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
AI’s guardrails (not its speed) will define success in financial services marketing
David Stocks explores how AI is rapidly moving from a back-end efficiency tool into the customer interface and therefore shaping behaviours, decisions and expectations in real time
The FCA’s consumer finance priorities: What they mean for firms and borrowers
Laura Dale-Gough explores the regulator’s increasing shift towards outcomes-based supervision and what that entails in practice
Dimensions: Risk & Compliance IT Pressures and Priorities: 2026 Global – new Celent report alert
Risk Rewired: Data first, Ai second
Why hyperpersonalisation in banking doesn’t have to be a luxury
With the right infrastructure in place, hyperpersonalisation can become the standard for all, explains Steve Round
Fewer rounds, bigger bets: What Q1 2026 reveals about where European tech capital is concentrating
Capital flows, structural shifts, and the evolving investment logic shaping the European market. Expert analysis from Zubr Capital’s Oleg Khusaenov
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This is the year of reliability at scale in the banking AI arms race
Alexandra Mouszavizadeh explores a fundamental shift that is quietly happening: how and why banks are moving away from ‘shiny AI’?
Interview: Boku CEO Stuart Neal on why the UK needs a Mastercard, Visa rival
Stuart Neal, CEO of Boku tells RBI editor Douglas Blakey why the UK needs a British alternative to Visa and Mastercard
Navigating the triple squeeze
Corrin Maier explores the evolving auto lending sector and explains why affordability, risk exposure and margin pressure are reshaping strategies for borrowers and lenders alike
A 7-step enterprise fraud framework to redefine scam prevention
Vineet Saxena of FICO sets out a practical framework for banks to strengthen their defences against scams
The UK has a fraud strategy. Now it needs to move faster than criminals
Jonathan Frost explains why the real test for the UK is whether there is the will, coordination and accountability to keep pace with the rapid evolution of fraud