All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Petal raises $35m in new funding, spins off B2B data analytics unit Prism Data
Funding includes strategic investments from Synchrony and Samsung Next, along with other new and existing investors
‘Banks in the background’: 4-in-10 UK SMEs to increase use of embedded finance
SMEs turning to services including lending, payments and collections through non-financial platforms such as e-commerce platforms, loyalty apps or accounting software
Banking Circle goes live with direct GBP on Faster Payments
Banking Circle joins UK’s Faster Payments Service as it ramps up its ambitions to build a super-correspondent bank for global B2B payments
Can the crypto industry reach net-zero?
Paysafe and Clifford Chance advance policy recommendations to support the transition of the crypto industry to net zero
Tarabut Gateway partners with Visa to boost open banking in MENA
Tarabut Gateway, Visa partnership aims to merge their capabilities and launch innovative products and solutions for the MENA market
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Paysend signs strategic partnership deal with TelevisaUnivision
Deal aims to bring simple money transfers to 60 million Hispanic Americans
Bank Alfalah takes $1.7m equity stake in BNPL fintech QistBazaar
Milestone for Pakistan: commercial bank takes equity and embedded finance partnership with BNPL fintech
Standard Chartered expands partnership with Tazapay
Standard Chartered, Tazapay global partnership designed to power seamless payments for cross border ecommerce
Barclays, TransferMate launch international receivables payments solution
TransferMate and Barclays agree a new collaboration that will bring an international receivables solution to the market
Cost of living crisis: more and more workers accessing wages early
More evidence of the cost-of-living crisis biting hard as the number of workers accessing their earned wages before payday increases significantly