All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Why payments trust has to be built in, not bolted on
Tareq Shaheen explores why safeguarding must evolve from a compliance process into a core architecture of trust in today’s real-time payment landscape
Why 99% of sanctions screening alerts are false positives
Parth Desai explains why the industry has largely been solving the wrong problem. While most focus has been on tuning screening algorithms, he argues that the bigger issue sits upstream: poor-quality, unstructured address data
A question of value: What makes a premium card worth it?
Mathieu Altwegg explains how the definition of “premium value” is changing for Gen Z/Millennial VHNWs
Visa announces Visa Threat Intelligence Platform to strengthen cyber and fraud defence
New platform brings together cyber and payments intelligence to help institutions detect threats earlier and reduce downstream fraud risk
Worldline, ING and Visa complete a live agentic payment transaction in Europe
The example, executed in Germany, illustrates how agentic payments can operate securely with strong customer and biometric authentication
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Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, and NatWest among first banks to adopt new Swift framework for remittances
The UK’s four largest banks go live with a new global initiative from Swift designed to transform the experience for people sending and receiving international transfers
Visa Infinite relaunched for affluent customers
Moving from a fixed premium card tier, Infinite is now a programmable, adaptive platform that allows issuers to continuously configure and refine their premium proposition as customer expectations evolve
Cashless payments gain momentum across Asia
SE Asia goes cashless fast: card/digital payments surge in Taiwan, Thailand, HK & Vietnam, driven by incentives and regulation, writes Bhavya Patel
What BNPL regulation means for retailers and how to prepare for July 2026
George Toumbev explores the upcoming regulatory changes to DPC. What does it mean for retailers; might it reshape the checkout experience and what practical steps should brands take now to adopt?
How Layer 2 technology will enhance blockchain solutions for financial systems
Ibraheem Kabir explores why Layer 2 represents a significant step forward for payment providers, banks and fintechs, and why it could become a core component of the next generation of payment infrastructure