All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Beyond SEPA: The true impact of payment fragmentation for payroll providers
Eddie Harrison sets out the limitations of payments orchestration and explains why payment curation Is key to effortless global growth
Navigating the new age of tourism with contactless payments
José Luis Arias explains why a seamless payment experience is key for a flawless customer experience across contactless cards, mobile wallets, and QR-based payments as the summer season gathers pace
Instant payments: beyond compliance to commercial growth
Marie-Christine Diaz explores why fraud prevention is the key to trust, adoption and opportunity in the age of instant payments
Payments : A powerful loyalty-building tool
Jean-Philippe Niedergang offers a strategic perspective on why the payment stage, often seen as a mere formality, represents one of the most underutilised opportunities to build lasting customer relationships
GFT: Guiding US banks’ stablecoin ambitions while maintaining compliance
GFT’s Christopher Ortiz tells EPI that banks need to get ahead of the GENIUS ACT and decide how they will integrate stablecoin payments within the context of systems built to support fiat currency
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The great payments shake-up: Why consolidation Is reshaping everything
Strategic consolidation offers a way to cut costs, unlock new revenue streams, and respond to merchants’ demand for simplified, seamless solutions, explains Roger Alexander
Friendly fraud: The broken system fuelling a silent crisis for merchants
Why card chargebacks represent a quiet payments loophole with growing cost, reputational risk and zero regulatory scrutiny. Johannes Kolbeinsson explains that the real problem isn’t fraud but is actually abuse after authentication
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