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