All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Gen Z’s new favourite spending habit: BNPL

Aleksandra Medina discusses what Klarna’s deceptively enticing branding means for this generation’s financial literacy skills

Stablecoins could win the TradFi vs DeFi battle

Stablecoins have the potential to rival card payments in the near future, signaling a transformative shift, writes Blandina Szalay

COHO partners with GoCardless to offer seamless payments to property managers, landlords and tenants

Collaboration enables COHO’s clients to collect recurring and one-off payments through a single platform

DORA: 17 January compliance date is upon us – industry reaction

The Digital Operational Resilience Act, reshaping cybersecurity and operational resilience in financial ecosystems is set to go live. Douglas Blakey sounds out 30 industry experts on what it means

More small businesses add card payment surcharges as POS payment methods proliferate: JD Power

Shopify ranks highest in merchant services customer satisfaction for second consecutive year

Why instant payments can become the safest way to move money

Amanda Mickleburgh explains why instant payments can be far less vulnerable to fraud than other transactions

Instant payment regulation: PSD2 déjà vu?

Todd Clyde envisions Europe’s instant payment regulation not as a regulatory hurdle, but as the starting gun in a new race to innovate

Worldline extends long-term partnership with KBC for issuing services

Six-year deal reinforces Worldline’s presence in the Belgian market

Heavy BNPL use among borrowers with high credit balances and multiple pay-in-four loans: CFPB

More than 60% of BNPL users have simultaneous loans, borrowers hold higher balances on other credit lines, and most loans are granted to consumers with subprime or lower credit scores according to CFPB research

Seamless transactions: The evolution of embedded payments in Europe

Payment solutions are undergoing a significant transformation with embedded payment models at the forefront of this shift, revolutionising how payments are seamlessly integrated across various sectors, writes Sharan Shah