All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

The evolution of cross-border payments

Guillaume Tournand explores how cross-border transactions will revolutionise digital commerce and the potential impact on the global e-commerce sector

FinTech Scotland Festival highlights data innovations revolutionising financial services

The 7th Annual FinTech Scotland Festival runs from 25 September to 4 October. Meantime, FinTech Scotland’s Financial Regulation Innovation Lab has revealed the 24 companies selected for its second innovation call

Why financial institutions need to address the data pandemic for closed book services

With the Consumer Duty principle for closed book products about to come into effect, financial Institutions must re-connect with their lost customers, explains Andy Davies

Beyond mobile wallets, palm recognition will be the next big thing in the evolution of digital payments

Palm recognition is set to become the industry standard for biometric payments, writes Arnie Cho

Rethinking the B2B cross-border payment experience for a booming travel sector

The desire to travel has never been stronger, consumers are looking for unique experiences and businesses operate more border-less models, writes Betsy Samuel

Where’s my wallet? Digital wallet use around the world

Drawing on proprietary data from Worldpay’s Global Payments Report 2024, Silvia Mensdorff-Pouilly analyses how different regulations impact digital wallets across the globe to see what may be in store for the UK’s payments landscape

NOW Money partners with Mastercard

Collaboration aims to empower customers with enhanced financial access

Phos partners with Shift4 to bolster European merchant acquiring

Phos’ customer network to benefit from enhanced global acquiring services and unique go-to-market SoftPOS solutions in Europe

Mastercard’s adoption of palm payments shows biometrics are going mainstream

If Mastercard’s pay-by-palm pilot proves to be successful, it seems likely that the use of biometrics to validate payments will be coming to a store near you soon, writes Benjamin Hatton

Visa launches digital emergency card replacement service to offer travellers peace of mind

New value-added service empowers financial institutions to offer their cardholders seamless, stress-free journeys all over the world