All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Vistra collaborates with Fenergo to deliver frictionless onboarding for clients

Collaboration will digitalise and accelerate onboarding journeys for Vistra’s clients while meeting all legal and regulatory obligations

UK becomes the fraud capital of the world

Research from Ravelin reveals the alarming global growth of online fraud with the UK now one of the worst-affected countries

Why have marketplaces been slow to adopt embedded finance? Providers are missing what they really want

Embedded finance is not about offering credit or increasing revenue. It’s about improving the customer experience. Barry O’Sullivan looks at what online marketplaces really want from these services

Trustly launches AI-powered recurring payments to boost European subscription economy

New technology designed to elevate customer lifetime value by streamlining subscription payments, minimising churn, and reducing fraud and payment failures

State of consumer attitudes on e-commerce, fraud, & CX: ClearSale research

ClearSale releases its annual ecommerce consumer report, revealing key drivers of buying decisions and shifting fraud trends in the US, Canada, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina

Visa highlights crucial role of cross-border money movement in supporting humanitarian efforts

Visa releases its third annual Money Travels: 2024 Digital Remittances Adoption Report

Mediobanca’s Compass and Nexi expand BNPL partnership to include e-commerce

PagoLight, the Compass BNPL solution, will also be available through Nexi’s XPay

Men emerge as primary gift card purchasers in the US

Research from branded payments provider, Blackhawk Network, reveals shifting gift card and gifting preferences among US consumers

Alipay+ expands global merchant coverage ahead of UEFA EURO 2024

Official payment sponsor of UEFA EURO 2024 introduces exclusive campaigns with offers and benefits for Alipay+ partner e-wallets’ users in anticipation for the surge in travel

Governments must intervene on anti-fraud funding for real-time payments

Craig Ramsey explores the challenge of funding fraud prevention and consumer protection in a real-time payments world