All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Bank of America enhances benefits for Customised Cash Rewards credit cardholders
Cardholders can now earn 3% cash back at electric vehicle charging stations and on cable, streaming, internet and phone plans
RBC poll reveals generational approaches to travel
Royal Bank of Canada survey highlights preferences in payment methods and discloses how each generation approaches US travel
Ramp raises $300m in series D funding, valuation plunges by 28%
Financing co-led by Thrive Capital and Sands Capital, with participation from General Catalyst, Founders Fund, and other existing investors
Citi highlights challenges ahead from accelerated settlements
Cash, funding and liquidity management remain greatest obstacles to achieving a shortened settlement cycle: Citi
Token.io and EchoPay join forces to transform payments for wholesalers
Account-to-account (A2A) payment infrastructure provider, Token.io teams up with EchoPay
Koverly debuts B2B BNPL platform, announces seed funding
Koverly launches “Pay in 30″ enabling businesses to defer FX payments for 30 Days at no cost to buyer or seller
FinMont incorporates ZooPay’s risk management solution into its payment eco-system
ZooPay collaboration aims to deliver tailored micro-hedging technology to fuel Finmont’s international growth
Swift cross-border payments processing speed surpasses G20 target
89% of cross-border payments are processed over Swift within an hour, placing its transaction speed ahead of the G20’s end -to-end target of 75% by 2027
Putting the customer first
Intix guide to the Consumer Duty: André Casterman assesses how changes to Consumer Duty have created new incentives for businesses in the financial services sector to go further than before in how they track and analyse data
Crypto Index launches tokenised ETF i20 token based on the top 20 cryptocurrencies
The i20 token represents an equal distribution of investments in the top 20 cryptocurrencies based on market cap, excluding stablecoins, with real-time price tracking and bi-weekly index updates