All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
ToneTag’s eKosha brings AI-powered banking to India’s 72 million SMEs
eKosha is a voice-first AI assistant enabling app-free local banking and credit access for SMEs, yet adoption will hinge on trust, writes Bhavya Patel
Hyundai Card’s 20-year history of innovation creates a new playbook: “Universal and Specialised”
Hyundai Card has launched “Alphabet Card,” the first standalone credit card brand introduced by a Korean card company
Your AI Agent just bought something, but who actually authorised the payment?
Agentic commerce promises to remove friction from shopping, but when software begins making payment decisions for people, the industry will need to rethink identity, intent and fraud prevention, explains João Moura
Market responds positively to Stripe, Advent bid for PayPal
Stripe and private equity firm Advent International are reportedly behind a joint offer to acquire PayPal Holdings Inc for $60.50 per share, in a deal that would value the payments company at more than $53bn
Network tokenisation holds the key to next generation card transactions
Breno Oliveira discusses how network tokenisation can help find the balance between security and seamless checkouts and argues that consumers are increasingly open to new solutions – if they know they can rely on them
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One Europe, many payments: Cracking the code of growth in a fragmented market
Stijn Gasthuys explains why moves towards replacing multi-provider patchworks with unified, end-to-end payment architectures that consolidate acceptance, routing, risk and settlement into a single platform target the weaknesses of a fragmented payments sector
Tag Systems helps UK banks and fintechs prepare for the next generation of payment card security
Tag Systems reinforces its position as a long-term technology partner rather than simply a card manufacturer
European sovereignty is also a matter of payment infrastructure
As payment infrastructure becomes an increasingly strategic issue for Europe, Robert Bueninck outlines what needs to change to strengthen Europe’s position without turning away from international cooperation
EthSwitch explores Huawei partnership on AI and China payment connectivity
Initiative reflects Ethiopian drive to accelerate digital finance
The hidden cost of going global: Payments infrastructure debt
Brian Gaynor explains why CFOs and CTOs need to treat payments infrastructure debt with the same urgency as software tech debt