All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Emirates Islamic launches QuickRemit money transfer service to the UK

UAE-based Islamic financial institution rolls out expanded remittances offering

Talus Pay acquires Jobox.ai and Clarus Merchant Services

Acquisitions provide fintech software and integrated B2B capabilities to accelerate growth

New frontiers in digital transformation for banks: Augmenting IT engineering with Gen AI

Gen AI launches a transformative wave, widening the gap between progressive and lagging banks, offering a competitive edge through enhanced efficiency and personalisation, writes K R Venkatraman

StoneX adopts Swift’s payment pre-validation service

StoneX is one of the first financial organisations to enable Swift’s new leading-edge solution for cross-border payments

2024 EPI Forecasts: Francesco Burelli, Partner, Arkwright

Convenience and user experience improvement in focus in 2024 says Francesco Burelli

Qatar National Bank rolls out virtual credit cards

QNB, the largest bank in the Middle East and Africa, launches new option for its credit cardholders

22 December-the busiest shopping day of the year: Interac

According to Interac transaction data, nearly 27.8 million purchase transactions are expected to take place today, roughly 2.7 million more transactions than the same date last year. 

UPI transactions rise by 118% at retail stores: PayNearby

Assisted e-commerce grows by 91% in semi urban and rural retail counters

2024 EPI Forecasts Jeff Otto, risk intelligence expert at Riskified

Merchants will need to enhance their efforts in safeguarding against AI-driven attacks and abuse and combat them with the power of AI itself, says Jeff Otto

Elevating payment security via tokenisation

Every year, the cost of a data breach increases, writes Ross Hamilton. According to IBM, the average cost of a data breach in 2022 was $4.35m and the US had the highest average cost at $9.44m