All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Why SMEs can be the new engine of growth for the UK’s traditional banks
Robert Wint highlights the recent increase in lending to SMEs by UK high street banks and encourages traditional banks to adopt AI and Machine Learning platforms to better serve these SMEs and compete with newer financial institutions
Financial services sector calling out for clear line of sight on AI, ESG regulatory horizon – DLA Piper
Businesses say the lack of clarity around ESG and AI regulation is a key challenge to realising the benefits of technology and innovation
Revolut reaches 10 million customers in the UK
Revolut UK was recently granted a UK banking licence with restrictions
UK government plans crack down on late payments in major support package for small businesses
New package of measures aimed at tackling scourge of late payments
UK retail banks’ cross-sell challenge
Only 23% of UK banks’ customers use more than one of their products, according to SaaScada
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Global deal activity down by 15% YoY during January-August 2024, reveals GlobalData
Deal activity across all regions as well as most of the markets within these regions has taken a hit for the year to date
Fiverr expands finance category specialty services – over 20 new services
From fundraising to corporate finance, Fiverr now provides specialty financial talent and services for any stage of business including asset valuation, financial modeling, and investor sourcing
TBC Uzbekistan launches waiting list for TBC Business
TBC Business is set to go live later this year and become the country’s first fully digital banking service for SMEs and individual entrepreneurs
FCA rules to protect cash come into effect today – industry reaction
Today marks the day when UK banks and building societies are required to take additional steps to maintain reasonable access to cash withdrawal and deposit facilities. Industry reaction is mixed
Salesforce + IBM partner to bring AI ROI to highly regulated finance industry
New Salesforce, IBM partnership designed to meet unique needs of financial services and allows customers to develop and customise AI agents in their IT environments that take action within regulatory guardrails, such as GDPR