All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

How payments can navigate customers through the cost-of-living crisis

Jos Henson Gric explores how companies and the payments industry have been working to help people face financial pressures

Investing in growth becomes RBC’s next chapter in the Caribbean

With a relentless client focus, simpler ways of working and greater decision-making authority in local markets, RBC sees growth in the region, reports Douglas Blakey

India: shift from cash to electronic payments gathers pace

Cash usage in India has declined from over 90% as recently as 2017 to below 60% of overall payment transaction volume according to GlobalData research

Cash remains king in Croatia but signs of progress as banks, government boost cashless drive

Croatian consumers are adapting quite slowly to electronic payments, mainly due to a strong inclination toward cash, which accounted for 64.5% of total payment transaction volume in 2022, according to GlobalData

Worldline agrees multi-year deal extension with ING

Worldline will support ING on handling their issuing processing in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany

The challenges and the opportunities faced by finance teams in enacting digital transformation

AccessPay CEO Anish Kapoor highlights key trends in finance transformation for 2023

Worldline launches Buland Bharat digital payments suite for Indian SMB sector

The launch of Worldline’s Buland Bharat digital payments suite reflects the firm’s commitment to empower SMB’s in India and boosts digital financial inclusion

New ecosystems in paytech: how businesses benefit from open architecture

John Mitchell explains how ecosystems can drive partnerships, profit and payments

2023 EPI Forecasts: Nexi Group

Tommaso Jacopo Ulissi, Head of Group Strategy, Nexi Group discusses 2023 trends and forecasts with EPI editor Douglas Blakey

JCB launches ambitious new European integrated BetterWithOmotenashi branding campaign  

JCB launches European branding campaign dubbed #BetterWithOmotenashi