All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Digital wallets are emerging as the leading infrastructure for trust in banking
Mick Fennell explores how digital wallets are becoming a new layer of digital trust and explains what banks must do to modernise their infrastructure to support this shift
Revolut repositions crypto spending as TradFi with new card: GlobalData
GlobalData comments on the launch of Revolut’s first physical crypto debit card
One region, many realities: Navigating Latin America’s payments landscape
Juan Franco explains why growth requires a localised approach
The charging experience is broken — and payments are at the heart of the problem
Conn Byrne explains why reducing friction at the point of payment is key as the EV transition gathers pace
When AI shops for you: Visa and Mastercard bet on agentic payments
Visa and Mastercard are advancing investments in agentic payments, but trust, regulation, and merchant buy-in may slow adoption, writes Bhavya Patel
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TikTok expands financial ambitions through Brazil banking push and UK payments play
Harry Swain discusses TikTok’s strategy as it ramps up its financial services sector ambitions
Adapt or fail: The growing cost of legacy payment systems
Rupert Lee-Browne analyses some key challenges businesses face in global payments, warns how best to avoid common errors and sets out practical strategies to stay compliant while keeping payments flowing smoothly
How real-time money is reshaping banking infrastructure
Real-time money is accelerating the shift to a 24/7 financial system, exposing the limitations of legacy banking infrastructure and forcing institutions to rethink how they manage payments, liquidity, and operations, writes Kanv Pandit
Unified payments scaling push continues in Europe
Almost 1-in-5 of European payments will be conducted via a digital wallet in 2027 with stronger use for lower-value, high frequency transactions but this still leaves significant room for expansion, writes Blandina Szalay
Card Issuing and Processing Solutions – new Celent reports alert
Four new reports from GlobalData’s Celent division profile in-depth 27 card issuing and processing solutions