All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Global Payments: Omnichannel launches with real-time functionality in Australia

Australian-first omnichannel solution provides a single customer experience combining e-commerce, in-person EFTPOS and real-time PayTo capability

Truecaller acquires TrustCheckr

India-based Unoideo Technologies provides the TrustCheckr fraud detection service

NAB partners with Trovata on next-gen cash management solution

Liquidity+ offers NAB’s corporate customers real-time visibility of cash and forecasting

Mastercard adds card benefits through Peacock and Instacart for US consumers

Mastercard estimates that its US consumer credit card products empower cardholders with access to over $60bn+ in meaningful rewards and benefits

Payment transactions in Canada in 2022 rise by 7% y-o-y to C$11.7trn

Credit card use rises by 30% while cash use falls by 41% over last five years reports Payments Canada

Shifting power dynamics in digital commerce: New regulations propelling app developers

Ryan Blazadeh explains why regulatory changes are empowering app developers to offer alternative payment systems, thereby enhancing user choice and improving checkout experiences

Is low code the answer to higher payment revenues for banks?

Toine van Beusekom assesses the potential to use low code tools and platforms for payments processing

Alternative payments account for nearly 60% of e-commerce market in India, reveals GlobalData

Alternative payment methods such as mobile and digital wallets increasingly dominate the e-commerce space in India and are the most popular online payment method with 58.1% market share in 2023, according to GlobalData, publishers of EPI

Star launches CardPro Accelerator

Solution designed to help retailers speed up roll out of card services

Neo-banking platform Leatherback launches in the UK

Leatherback says that it enables easier remittance and cross-border payments for migrants and businesses in multiple countries with users able to access up to 15 currencies from 21 countries