All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
2024 EPI Forecasts: Tim Moncrieff, Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives, Visa Cross-Border Solutions
Tim Moncrieff looks ahead to 2024 and discusses the convergence between retail and business payments systems, the rise of PaaS, compliance and security, CBDC public-private sector collaboration and the need for faster settlement speeds
SAP and PayPal team up to simplify digital payments
Collaboration incorporates the creation of a digital payments plug-in for the PayPal Braintree platform built on SAP Business Technology Platform
UK sales and cash spend fall before the usual Christmas upturn: FICO
The FICO UK credit card market report for October reveals that inflation results in expenditure rising from the same period in 2022
American Express first to launch protections to make shopping on Alexa, Siri easier/safer
Amex upgrades to SafeKey 2.3 protection across its network
Beyond Eastern borders: exploring 2024 Asia Pacific payment trends
2023 has been a year of progression for payments in APAC but as Tristan Chiappini notes, this is only the beginning and 2024 holds even more opportunities and innovation that the industry can look forward to
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Asia Pacific consumers will likely have more to spend on discretionary items in 2024: Mastercard
As inflation wanes, the cost of essentials is easing, leaving more wallet share for other purchases. Chinese outbound travel is expected to further accelerate, buoying destinations in Asia and globally, reports the Mastercard Economics Institute
Open Banking’s branding problem
Giles Rowlinson assesses why open banking has failed to take off within Europe and sets out the steps that need to be taken to correct this
Could Variable Recurring Payments be the alternative to direct debits?
James Hodgson discusses the benefits and functionality of VRPs, how they compare to direct debits. He examines how businesses can leverage this new form of payment and how VRPs will evolve over time
ZestMoney: BNPL dominoes continue to fall
Last month, BizPay collapsed and now ZestMoney, which claimed to be the largest and fastest growing consumer lending fintech company in India becomes the latest BNPL outfit to fail
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank launches Mastercard Sustainability Index at COP28
Initiative aims to enhance the efforts of its corporate clients in the field of sustainability