All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Revolut activates Click to Pay for all UK cards
Revolut’s strategy is a logical step forward but as Blandina Szalay explains, Click to Pay merchant integration remains inconsistent as well as the key challenge of shifting entrenched consumer behaviour
Mastercard deepens digital currency push with partnership framework and BVNK deal
Mastercard strategy can be viewed as both a defensive and offensive play; protecting relevance in existing flows, while capturing value in emerging ones, writes Blandina Szalay
Interview: BNY’s Carl Slabicki on RTP – an invaluable payment option for corporate customers
Carl Slabicki, Head of Commercial, Global Payments & Trade at BNY, tells Douglas Blakey why the bank is so well placed to tap into the demand by corporates for faster, more secure, and more transparent payment solutions
Mastercard $1.8bn BVNK deal signals stablecoins shift to mainstream payment infrastructure: GlobalData
Mastercard can defend and potentially expand its role in global money movement as settlement technology evolves following its most recent acquisition
Beyond scale and verticalisation: Why payments leaders must think diagonally
Stephen Faust explains why the traditional horizontal vs. vertical divide isn’t cutting it anymore; “diagonal thinking” is the way forward, combining infrastructure scale with the workflow depth that actually solves business problems
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Orchestrating the instant payments economy
Nadish Lad explore why orchestration, not just acceleration, will define the next phase of payments modernisation
Stablecoins go mainstream, but compliance hasn’t caught up
Chris Ostrowski explains how financial institutions should approach stablecoin compliance as digital assets move deeper into the payments mainstream
The future of payments in the UK
Johannes Kolbeinsson highlights the muddled thinking of the ill-informed that propose a UK or European card network without thinking through what this would involve or if it could even deliver for consumers or merchants
Beyond the card giants: Why Europe needs a new vision for sovereign payments
As digital payments evolve and instant transfers become more normal, it’s time to broaden the payments landscape rather than attempt to replace the card networks outright, explains Dean Wallace
The evolution of instant payments in Europe
Paco Huerta explains how SEPA Instant, interoperability and unified platforms are reshaping cross-border payments