All articles by Douglas Blakey

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

We can’t wait for BNPL regulation – financial services firms need to step up and support borrowers now

Consumer misconceptions concerning BNPL are placing borrowers at risk and with the rising use of BNPL from a growing number of providers, it is essential that providers act to protect customers before regulation kicks in, argues Neil Kadagathur

Fintechs: Don’t Come Up Snake Eyes when Processing Online Gambling Payments

Online gambling is a growing pastime hitting new highs since the lockdowns of the pandemic, writes Shaun Smith-Taylor of ThetaRay

Credit card stats provide some welcome cheer

Credit stats from the US, UK and Australia provide some positive news amid all the negative coverage relating to the possibility of recession