All articles by Douglas Blakey

Tymit remains a fintech to watch but cracking the BNPL sector has never been harder

UK governments never-ending list of U-turns dare not include BNPL regulation

The global adoption of open payments – how open banking has changed the game for the payments sector

Volt CBDO Jordan Lawrence assesses the extent to which open banking is a game changer for the payments sector

Lufthansa Group selects Worldline as global payments provider

Lufthansa Group is to deploy Worldline’s unique TravelHub solution

UK consumer behaviour highlights red flags for lenders

Mastercard is providing crypto fraud prevention tools to its clients

Crypto Secure from Mastercard represents a major initiative from the card platform to assist card issuers assess the risk profile of crypto providers, writes Chris Dinga

Intentional spending on the rise: Interac

UK cards in a crisis: what can we learn from the financial crash of 2008?

Liz Ruddick, Principal Consultant, Credit Life Cycle Practice at FICO, highlights what we can learn from the financial crisis of 2008 to help us prepare for today’s cost-of-living crisis

The UK economy is not ready to go cashless

Though cash usage is declining in the UK economy, it will not completely disappear as access to cash is vital to consumers who rely entirely on it, writes Chris Dinga

Social media platforms are struggling with social commerce adoption

Meta is to axe Facebook Live Shopping, following the ecommerce U-turn by TikTok, writes Chris Dinga