All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Bringing consumer trust to open banking is crucial to unlocking growth
Open banking must go mainstream to unlock economic growth and as Nicole Green explains, urgent reforms would make it more useful and trustworthy for consumers and merchants and unlock a new era of fintech innovation
Is accounts payable fraud worsening?
How can CFOs protect themselves? Tom Santacroce explains why CFOs need to invest in future-proof strategies to safeguard not just their firms’ balance sheets but also their reputations and resilience
From patchwork to platform: How payment orchestration is becoming core infrastructure
Tom Voaden explains why payment orchestration is no longer optional but instead is becoming shared infrastructure that benefits both merchants and providers
It’s time for Big Tech to stand up to fraudsters
With fraud now the most common crime in the UK and fake finfluencers on the rise, Silvija Krupena urges social media platforms to take urgent action against financial scams
The fraud epidemic demands a smarter response
Jason Blackhurst explains why education, technology and collaboration are the best defences against fraud
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How European SaaS platforms can unlock €3bn in hardware revenue
Point of sales terminals offer high margin, low risk, real growth and as Tom Hay argues, need to be viewed as a potential strategic revenue stream
Modernising acquiring: What banks must consider in a changing payments landscape
Robert Kraal explains why banks must determine if they view acquiring as a necessary service to support broader relationships, or as a core business in which they want to lead
Certainty, not speed, will define the future of payments
The future of payments depends not on what users see but on what they can rely on and reliability requires infrastructure built for irreversibility, explains Ram Sundaram
Brazil’s reshaping of the Latin American subscription economy
Federico Mazzoli explains how Pix Automático is poised to transform subscriptions in a market where only 40% of consumers own a credit card
EPI, wero… why European payment initiatives are struggling to get off the ground
Christian Caumont offers a timely and constructive perspective on what’s needed to unlock the potential of European payment initiatives and what it will take for Europe to achieve real sovereignty and inclusivity in payments