All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

UK cash payments rise in 2022 but uptick in cash usage will be temporary

UK Finance’s latest Payment Markets Report details payments trends across 2022 and forecasts to 2032

Bank of America launches CashPro Supply Chain Solutions

CashPro Supply Chain Solutions launched today at SIBOS with Open Account Automation, to help all companies within a supply chain digitise their trade finance operations

Scotiabank selects CGI All Payments solution

Scotiabank will deploy CGI All Payments. The modular, cloud-proven enterprise payments platform will support the bank’s innovative advances in payments solutions for its global client base

Broadridge signs first customers for New Swift Services

Services include Transaction Screening Service and Securities View. Customers will gain advanced sanctions screening and end-to-end securities settlement control

Oracle transforms payments and transaction banking in the Cloud

Full spectrum cash management and payments solutions enable banks to improve visibility and forecasting to help corporate customers better manage cash

Vertical thinking: Why banks need to decouple their payments processing value chain

By decoupling the payments processing value chain, banks can regain control, drive down costs and take control of their payment processing, argues Esther Groen

EV charging payment challenges addressed via EMVCo task force

EMVCo, the global technical body that helps develop standards for the payments industry, moves to address the frustration electric vehicle drivers face at charging locations

Auctionet opts For Brite to power Instant A2A Payments

Brite to provide Auctionet users with seamless, instant account-to-account payments as online auction platforms grow in popularity

CGI: enhancing the payments value chain

Ainsley Ward, VP Payments Consulting Services at CGI, tells EPI why CGI has a compelling story to tell clients and prospects at SIBOS as it ramps up its innovative payments solutions supporting the entire payments value chain

Episode Six launches BNPL to help banks better serve SMEs

E6 says that banks can now accelerate growth with a unique instalment solution tailored to SMEs without disrupting their current banking technology stacks