All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Winning Gen Z trust should be top of the wishlist for UK retailers

Aaron Begner analyses the increasing frequency of false declines amongst millennial and Gen Z consumers and why younger shoppers are suffering from negative online shopping experiences

Mondu secures additional €30m debt financing

Mondu taps VVRB to enable continued European expansion

Finmont partners with digital payment provider, Pax2pay

Collaboration incorporates travel virtual cards solutions for European merchants

Token.io joins SEPA Payment Account scheme

Account-to-account payment infrastructure provider, Token.io says that the initiative will deliver innovation in European payments

Ecospend becomes first provider accepted onto open banking DPS

Ecospend, a Trustly company, says that its latest initiative reaffirms its position as the leading provider of open banking solutions to the UK public sector

Viva.com teams up with Conecs

Viva.com becomes the first acquirer in France to accept meal vouchers on any device

Payment optimisation: The gateway to profitability for SaaS companies

Nikhita Hyett discusses how payment orchestration is helping software platforms monetise their payments, earn a slice of transactions they process and see a possible five-time increase in value per customer 

Biometrics will soon replace passwords once and for all: Mastercard 

Biometric-based authentication service rolled out by Mastercard to make digital interactions as simple as they are secure  

Consumer Duty is just the first step in overhauling the credit market in 2024

James Lynn discusses the impact of Consumer Duty in 2024 including how consumers struggle to build credit without accumulating debt and how they can be supported by financial providers

From software to finance – navigating the interplay between fintech models

Alex Axelrod discusses the challenges of SaaS and fintech, their differences and related regulatory issues and shares his vision of a better SaaS cross-border payment platform