Douglas Blakey is the Editor of Retail Banker International and Electronic Payments International at GlobalData plc. He specializes in the banking and financial services sectors, with a focus on financial technology, emerging markets, and international finance. Douglas's insights and expertise have been featured in notable publications such as Environmental Post Ledger, Global Finance Herald, and Yahoo News.
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Douglas Blakey's coverage primarily focuses on finance, banking, fintech, risk management, and the global economy. He frequently cites data and press releases while covering private sector announcements.
Given his focus on the finance industry and its related sectors, he would likely be interested in pitches that provide insights into emerging trends in open banking, modernization of financial services back-office operations, developments in payment technologies or methods such as cryptocurrency or blockchain within the financial sector.
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By: Douglas Blakey
With cyber and fraud attacks in financial services becoming more frequent and more efficient, the industrialisation of fraud is requiring financial institutions to adopt new ways of improving fraud detection and management, writes Luca Collaciani
By: Douglas Blakey
As AI agents begin to operate across organisational boundaries: how far does a user’s original permission travel?
By: Douglas Blakey
The payments industry has built a data rich ecosystem, but is yet to connect it together, explains Breno Oliveira
By: Douglas Blakey
Radi El Haj, CEO of RS2, explains why the digital euro should be viewed as far more than simply another way to pay
By: Douglas Blakey
Christopher Miglino discusses what greater access to AI compute could mean for fintechs and their customers
By: Douglas Blakey
As banks embed AI deeper, protecting customer data is only part of the sovereignty challenge. They must also retain control of what AI learns about their organisation, and the decisions it increasingly makes, writes Vikram Bharwani
By: Douglas Blakey
Continuing to extract value from existing infrastructure can appear commercially sensible writes Julian Farley, but hidden costs can accumulate through operational inefficiency, technical debt, increased fraud exposure and resources being diverted away from innovation
By: Douglas Blakey
Néstor Santolaya of Auriga discusses how the 2 August 2026 deadline of the EU AI Act and DORA are changing AI governance in banking
By: Douglas Blakey
Loan growth now outpaces deposits in India, Japan, and Vietnam, thinning bank liquidity buffers and raising funding-run risk
By: Douglas Blakey
Chris Freeland, CEO. Merkle, explores how embedded finance is reshaping the competitive landscape for banking brands
