All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Yabx and PayCliq collaborate to launch merchant cash advance service in Nigeria
Cloud-based lending platform, Yabx, combines its AI-driven credit scoring expertise with PayCliq’s payments infrastructure to transform the financial landscape in Nigeria
Tap on Any Device technology: the next wave of payment innovation
Yannis Larios discusses the impact of Tap on Phone technology and explains that the prospect of Tap on Any Device takes us one step closer to making payment acceptance an invisible part of the checkout journey
Why the payment industry needs to “go bespoke” to deliver true financial inclusion
Peter O’Halloran discusses how the challenges and barriers to finance have evolved in recent years, how regional factors play a significant role in financial inclusion, and explains why a one-size fit all approach to improving access doesn’t work
Visa brings convenience and control to booming subscription economy
New Subscription Manager service, currently in pilot in select regions, lets consumers track subscriptions at a glance
Mastercard reveals new cardholder benefits to enhance health & wellness, travel and lifestyle rewards
New cardholder benefits with Alo Moves, Booking.com, HealthLock, Instacart Business, Lyft, MoviePass and ResortPass
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Beyond borders: Building bridges in the world of international payments
Josh Cogan discusses the lack of inclusion in cross-border payments and references research highlighting the scale of the challenge for banks looking to capitalise on what represents a huge market opportunity
PayPal boosts its stablecoin use in preparation for a crypto future
Blandina Hanna Szalay explains why PayPal is utilising one of its long-acquired and forgotten business ventures as a tool to spread its own stablecoin
On leave-but still plagued by BNPL spin
Despite all evidence of BNPL outfits failing to break even let alone turn a profit, PR evangelists persist in trying to kid on that the sector is thriving
EU deadline for Instant Payments Regulation is ‘far too tight-it will slip’
The European Council has adopted the Instant Payments Regulation and it is now scheduled to come into effect in a little over two weeks. The deadline for compliance is far too tight, argues CGI’s Ainsley Ward
New paths, new payments, new paradigms
Debbie Guerra, ACI Worldwide’s chief product officer, discusses the key takeaways from ACI’s 2024 Analyst Day with EPI editor Douglas Blakey