All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Cost-of-living crisis: Australians in early thirties and renters feeling most pressure: CBA

Cost-of-Living Insights Report from CommBank iQ shows discretionary expenditure remains elevated post-Covid

Splitit and APPS partner to simplify ISO & ISV instalment payments

APPS will integrate Splitit into its processing platform, enabling Splitit APIs via its front-end

Prism Data partners with Plaid  

Integration of Plaid’s New Relay Token with Prism’s CashScore and Insights products designed to help lenders make better credit decisions using open finance data

Mobile wallets market in India to surpass $5trn in 2027, forecasts GlobalData

India is among the top countries in terms of mobile wallet adoption and usage globally

AGL’s personalised digital collections boost payments by 40%  

Australian essential service provider wins FICO Decisions Award for debt management

Axis Bank’s Citi acquisition will further consolidate Indian credit card market  

The deal to acquire Citi’s Indian retail unit will complement Axis Bank’s credit card business, expected to witness around a 20% rise in customer numbers, forecasts GlobalData

SendSpend partners with Bank Alfalah to boost financial inclusion

SendSpend and Bank Alfalah agree remittances deal for real-time money transfer from the UK to Pakistan

Payment start-up, Hands In, attracts industry heavyweights – completes $550,000 funding round

Hands In says it will revolutionise the way groups pay together online.

17% drop in APP fraud highlights influence of confirmation of payee and tailored communications: FICO

UK Finance’s latest fraud statistics highlight the potential for further leveraging of advanced analytics in the fight against fraud

Will the payments sector integrate into generative AI platforms?  

ChatGPT and other generative AI technology are dominating the business innovation agenda but how will such innovations impact the payments sector, asks Scott Major?