All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
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
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
How payment performance drives growth for global e-commerce businesses
With the help of expert payment consultants, companies can tackle inefficiencies, improve approval rates, prevent fraud, and expand into new markets with smarter, tailored solutions, explains Ariel Setton
WorkFusion’s David Caruso on making compliance stronger and at less cost
David Caruso, VP Financial Crime Compliance at WorkFusion tells Douglas Blakey how AI agents for financial crime enhance human efforts to detect financial crimes like money laundering with greater speed and accuracy
i2c’s Seth Perlman on Mastercard One and the rise of set it and forget it payments
Seth Perlman, i2c Global Head of Product, explains why Mastercard One marks a turning point in the evolution of consumer-driven payments, and why issuers such as i2c are setting the gold standard for payments innovation