All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Embracing AI and automation: How retailers can get ahead this golden quarter

Dwaine Thomas discusses how AI-driven systems are increasingly being used to streamline payment processes, from fraud detection and prevention to optimising checkout flows and reducing cart abandonment

Building payment resilience: the case for multiple payment processors

As we enter the peak sales season of Black Friday and the Christmas period, merchants must be more prepared than ever warns Theo Spyrides

Black Friday 2024: Balancing convenience and security in the evolving payment landscape

Ahead of Black Friday, Electronic Payments International consulted industry experts to learn how businesses can optimise their transactions over the festive period

UBS pilots digital currency scheme for domestic and international payments

UBS Digital Cash exemplifies the transformative potential of blockchain in monetising payments explains Jonathan Vaughan Burleigh

Keeping humans firmly in the loop: Why Gen AI still needs the human touch in embedded finance

Nima Montazeri explains why human oversight remains crucial for ensuring accuracy, ethics, and customer satisfaction and highlights risk assessment, compliance, and personalised customer service as key areas where human expertise is still needed

Neobanks face the challenges of being judged as tier one banks

Mayank Sharma explains why even the most innovative and agile neo banks struggle to develop robust compliance frameworks

Trump’s re-election raises questions for sustainability in the US banking industry

Jonathan Vaughan Burleigh discusses the possible impact of a relaxation in regulation on the sector and what it may mean for dealmaking and capital requirements

Remittance taxation likely to reshape cross-border payments landscape

Financial institutions, payment providers, and consumers must prepare for an environment where remittance taxation may fundamentally reshape the sector, explains Joanne Kumire

Cryptos will finally go mainstream in US under Trump’s wider financial deregulation plans

Blandina Hanna Szalay discusses the impact on crypto of the Trump win the US presidential election

The hidden cost of outdated credit information

Will Mason gives his expert take on the negative impact outdated credit reporting has on lenders and consumers alike