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Douglas Blakey

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Edinburgh, Romford
As seen in: Electronic Payments International, GlobalData, Life Insurance International, Retail Banker International, MSN, MSN Money Canada, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo, The New Statesman, EIN News, Verdict, Pakistan Defence, Railway Technology, Airport Technology and
Editor of Retail Banker Intl & Electronic Payments Intl at GlobalData plc fan of dated sitcoms, Rangers FC, pro-European, Unionist, work tweets @retailbanker
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The business has moved on – some payment stacks have not

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By Douglas Blakey Verified
| Electronic Payments International Verified
Speed to market is often treated as a product or commercial issue. How quickly can a business launch, enter a new market or respond to customer demand, investor pressure or a competitor’s move? Those questions still sit with leadership, product and commercial teams. Yet the answer increasingly depends on something less visible: the payment infrastructure underneath the business. Payments stay out of sight until something breaks. Then they land on every team.
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The interoperable, real-time, and wallet-enabled future of cross-border payments

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By Douglas Blakey Verified
| Electronic Payments International Verified
Over the years, I’ve had multiple conversations around the future of cross-border payments. And the dominant theme across each of these interactions, whether at conferences, roundtables, or partner meetings has always been that real transformation was on the horizon, something that’s yet to come. Last month at BAFT’s Global Annual Meeting, it became clear the change we have all been expecting is already here.
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Banco do Brasil wins 2026 Celent Model Bank of the Year Award

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By Douglas Blakey Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
This year, Celent recognised 11 institutions for demonstrating true excellence in technology, with three distinct themes emerging. Zil Bareisis, Banking and Payments Director at Celent, said: "First, generative and agentic AI is powering significant and measurable gains in operational efficiency, transforming processes that once took days into actions completed within minutes, while reducing costs and error rates.
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