All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Regulation, openness, and a modern platform needed for legacy banks to embrace cryptos

Western banks and regulators need to take note of Emirates NBD’s crypto innovation argues Blandina Szalay

What new US banknotes mean for banks’ counterfeit prevention

The Fed will roll out new banknotes every two years over the next decade, but as Rachel Gruber warns, many banks remain unaware of the necessary technology upgrades required to process enhanced security features

UK chancellor’s spring statement – banking sector reaction

More than 30 sector experts give RBI their reaction to Rachel Reeves spring statement.

The future of AI in banking – balancing innovation, security, and trust

As financial institutions rapidly adopt AI technologies, they face unprecedented challenges in data protection, regulatory compliance and customer confidence. Vikas Krishan discusses the most critical themes shaping the future of AI in banking

The power of personalisation in banking

Harry Hanson-Smith explores how personalisation can revolutionise the banking customer journey, from acquisition to retention, ultimately fostering loyalty and long-term growth

US banks in danger of scoring security own-goal at 2026 FIFA World Cup

While preparations are underway to ready transport and logistics, Frank Moreno warns there has been insufficient attention given to the cybersecurity precautions that banks and merchants need to get in place

Europe’s fintech challengers tackle the old guard

Ignacio Gironella highlights hold-out pockets where incumbents continue to dominate despite their slow pace of innovation, boosted by regulatory constraints and education shortfalls and explains how challenger banks can disrupt the status quo

16th annual RBI Asia Trailblazer Awards – winners revealed

At a gala event in Singapore last night, the RBI Asia Trailblazer Awards 2025 honoured outstanding achievements in retail banking

Why is access to data so fundamental to success in the payments value chain?

Payments industry expert Roger Alexander explains the indispensable role of data and sets out why its significance cannot be overstated when when navigating the issue of chargebacks

PSR axed – industry reaction

More than a dozen industry experts comment on the news that the PSR is to be merged into the FCA