All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

FinTech Scotland partners with Cisco and Sword Ping

FinTech Scotland, the cluster management organisation for the fintech sector in Scotland agrees strategic partnership with Cisco and Sword Ping to enhance fintech innovation resilience

Stratiphy leads £1m consortium to advance trustworthy AI solutions in FS

Consortium led by investment strategy builder technology firm, Stratiphy, awarded grant of £1m from Innovate UK

TISA Launches Select ID Scheme

The new trusted and inclusive Digital ID scheme and marketplace with user choice is supported by leading financial and technological institutions

Small businesses face ‘needlessly tougher’ circumstances due to actions of banks and regulators

Small businesses are being put off from innovating and growing by damaging financial regulations and inadequate support from banks according to a report from the Treasury Committee

Paymentology and Diamond Trust Bank partner, driving embedded finance in Kenya

Paymentology and Diamond Trust Bank join forces to facilitate the expansion of BIN sponsorship services and the embedding of financial services with Kenya’s regulatory framework

CUBE acquires regulatory intelligence provider Reg-Room

Acquisition extends CUBE’s regulatory intelligence and horizon scanning capabilities

CFPB takes action against Chime Financial for illegally delaying consumer refunds

Chime withheld account-closure refunds past the promised 14-day timeframe

Tracker reveals gap in UK SME savings rates

UK incumbent banks withheld more than £200m of savings interest from British SMEs in just a month according to Allica Bank

Financial services firms, charities back website to boost access to banking and credit for deaf people

Launch of SigningBanks.UK sponsored by Nationwide coincides with Deaf Awareness Week which runs from 6 May to 12 May

Implementing ethical AI for FIs

There is room for progress in the face of the increasing use of AI argues Scott Zoldi