All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

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Cash displacement: 1 in 5 UK citizens still rely on cash

Research from Marqeta flags up the need to ensure that at-risk groups are not left behind as cash displacement accelerates

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‘Wanted: more Thunesters but the fight for talent is hard’: Thunes CEO Peter De Caluwe

Thunes CEO Peter De Caluwe is on a mission to build a new payments system and is targeting $15trn of smaller payments currently flowing through SWIFT

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Embedded banking and how to optimise customer financing

Tom Bentley offers guidance to retailers looking to step into the financial services space

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Latest unicorn GoCardless ramps up attack on cards sector with global ambitions

Siamac Rezaiezadeh of GoCardless tells EPI what unicorn status means for the firm as it accelerates geographic and product expansion

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Rêv launches multi-currency digital wallet app for Itaú

Rev develops payment programme with Mastercard debit card acceptance and real-time currency exchange for Itaú customers looking to transact in foreign currencies

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Chetwood Financial launches first credit card, Wave

2022 is a big year for UK digital challenger Chetwood Financial with its BNPL offering Flex and now its debut credit card dubbed Wave

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Mastercard, Amex post strong Q4 2021 earnings, beat analyst forecasts

Mastercard and Amex Q4 2021 earnings beat analyst forecasts while the share price struggles of major BNPL players suggests a sector in trouble

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Financial Crime 2022: industrialised fraud looms for the new year

Yuval Marco, General Manager, Fraud & Authentication, NICE Actimize, writes that AI and ML are critical to optimising CX and targeting fraud

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UK financial super app Curve unveils bold new card design

2022 is a big year for Curve with new branding and the roll out of its BNPL offering, Curve Flex

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PayU targets Indian buy now pay later sector with LazyCard

GlobalData’s India credit card numbers lend weight to PayU’s prospects of targeting the Indian credit gap