All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

PXP Financial taps Foregenix for risk monitoring 

Collaboration includes best-in-class e-commerce cyber-security monitoring

MAS partners with policymakers in Japan, Switzerland and the UK

Collaboration aims to foster responsible digital asset innovation

European first for Paymentology

Global issuer-processor, Paymentology, is the first issuer processor in Europe to secure Visa Cloud Connect (VCC) certification from Visa

Shift4 Completes Acquisition of Finaro

The deal significantly expands Shift4’s total addressable market, enhancing its cross-border ecommerce capabilities to deliver a unified global payments platform for merchants and partners around the world

Worldline Q3 2023 earnings: share prices plunge across sector after gloomy outlook

Worldline has lowered its forecasts for sales growth and ramped up cost savings plans

US credit cardholders fees and interest charges hit new record: CFPB

US credit card companies charged consumers more than $105bn in interest and more than $25bn in fees in 2022

Fed proposes cutting debit card swipe fees

The Federal Reserve is requesting industry comments on a proposal to lower the maximum interchange fee that a large debit card issuer can receive for a debit card transaction

Commercial payment providers eye $371bn revenue opportunity in value-added services: Accenture

One third of commercial payments clients are highly likely to switch to another provider if it offered more value-added services according to Accenture’s Commercials Payments Survey 2023

Apple Wallet’s open banking integration hints at new use case for mobile wallets

The extension to Apple’s wallet in the UK is limited but Olujimi Oke argues it may pave the way for Apple to ramp up its ambitions to disrupt the country’s banking sector

Ingenico and Jifiti team up to simplify embedded lending integration for merchants

Jifiti’s white-labelled embedded lending platform integrates with Ingenico’s Payments Platform-as-a-Service system enabling merchants to offer bank financing to their customers at any point of sale