All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

UniCredit and Mastercard expand payments partnership

The agreement extends to 13 banks in 12 markets across all card products, totalling 20 million cards

New Citizens Private Client World Elite Mastercard: innovative design and unique benefits

First product to launch with Mastercard Touch Card feature in the US

Card payments in Japan to surpass $700bn in 2023, forecasts GlobalData

Credit cards account for 96.3% of total card payments value in Japan in 2022

dLocal expands African footprint, granted payment service licences for Kenya and Rwanda

Rwandan and Kenyan governments grant dLocal licenses to enable payment processing capabilities for their merchant customers in these countries

Woolworths taps Australia’s real-time payments system

Retailer believes PayTo will offer a cheaper alternative to the card networks and represents an opportunity to reduce fraud

Fullsteam secures major investment to fuel growth in payments technology and vertical software

Fullsteam backed by Aquiline and ADIA and a consortium of other investors

Ingram Micro and TreviPay partner to offer B2B net terms  

New alliance provides Ingram Micro’s channel partners with access to flexible net terms to help bolster B2B sales and build customer loyalty

UK fintech Sticky raises £1.5m seed funding

Fintech deploys NFC stickers to make every interaction and payment 10 seconds or less

Ripple diversifies hiring strategy away from US in line with evolving regulatory landscape: GlobalData

GlobalData’s Job Analytics Database analyses Ripple’s evolving hiring strategy