All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

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

Global Payments launches real-time Ezidebit PayTo

Global Payments becomes the largest Australian payments service provider to introduce real-time PayTo capability to its 60,000+ Ezidebit customers

Fifth Third acquires Rize Money

Fintech platform advances Fifth Third’s embedded payments offerings

Demand for cross-channel gift cards increases across generations

Research from the Gift Card & Voucher Association and GlobalData reveals that a growing number of consumers across all generations expect to be able to use gift cards across various physical, digital and mobile channels

LuLu Exchange Bahrain partners with Arab Financial Services

Deal enables BPay and debit card payments at all LuLu Exchange branches, with aim of promoting digital payments