All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Rising cost of living in the UK could push further adoption of BNPL
Chris Dinga assesses the prospects for further growth for the BNPL sector in the UK and the associated risks that brings
A whistle-stop tour of chargebacks for merchants
Michael Ault discusses chargeback costs for merchants, the root causes of chargebacks and how businesses can best defend themselves against potential losses?
SCA deadline 14 March is here – so what should retailers be doing?
The SCA deadline represents the next significant stage of the UK Payment Services Regulations (transposed from PSD2). Nick Caley discusses why the deadline matters, and what it will tell us about which firms are ready – or not
With the Strong Customer Authentication deadline looming – what happens next?
The deadline for SCA is only one week away on 14 March. Rob Crutchington summarises the key points facing businesses with an online presence
Smart messaging and the payments revolution
John Hintze assesses the challenges and opportunities of ISO 20022 and how it will play its part in transforming global payments
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Request to Pay – Where is the Industry Heading?
Andrew Ducker discusses the potential that Request to Pay offers and how the industry around the world is rolling out the service
PSR’s acquiring review identifies the right problems, the wrong solutions
Alex Reddish discusses the Payments Systems Regulators recent card acquiring market review, the need to focus on more than cost and how this compares to consumer switching
The SWIFT Payment System: Does Ejecting Russia Matter?
Bilal Hafeez warns that Russian exclusion from SWIFT may hasten the move to adopt new bilateral systems, and with it, lower usage of the US dollar
Banning Russia from SWIFT may backfire on the EU
Banning Russia from SWIFT could bolster the emergence of an alternative payments system in the country, argues Chris Dinga, Payments Analyst, GlobalData
Opinion: why it is essential that SWIFT ejects Russia
Russia is ejected from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication or SWIFT for short