All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Are chargebacks costing e-commerce too much? 

Fraudulently claimed chargebacks represent a growing and expensive challenge for e-commerce suppliers. Tamas Kadar discusses how e-commerce retailers can fight back

Economic rebound to drive card payments growth by 4.8% in Hong Kong: GlobalData

The continuing rise in consumer preference for non-cash payments and government efforts to spur consumer spending will aid card payments growth in Hong Kong

Amazon needs to offer better discounts to halt decline in Prime Day participation in UK: GlobalData

Recent growth in Prime Day participation has slowed giving Amazon a challenge to stand out in an increasingly competitive marketplace

Parkopedia partners with Plugsurfing: seamless in-car payments for over 500,000 EV chargers

Collaboration allows drivers direct access to Plugsurfing’s network of chargers across Europe

DEALS FOCUS: Robinhood to acquire X1

Stock trading app agrees $95m deal to acquire San Francisco-based no-fee credit card platform

Trovata and PNC Treasury Management partner to provide integrated payment processing

Trovata and PNC leverage APIs to automate client financial operations

Wise FY2023: profit rises by 234%, beats on FY23 margins

Overall income rises by 73% to £964.2m boosted by interest rate rises and a rise in customer balances

CaixaBank launches wallets service for international payments

Spanish first for CaixaBank: FXWallets enables companies to open virtual accounts instantly in more than 50 currency pairs

Synectics partners with Kount for fraud detection with even less friction

Synectics National SIRA users can now use Kount’s verification technology

Fuel and expense card provider Allstar teams up with Fastned

Partnership aims to accelerate UK EV adoption and increases total number of charge points on Allstar EV charging network by 20%