All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Mainland China reopens, experiences endure and business travel bounces back: Mastercard

Consumers are taking advantage of a more traditional travel ecosystem, prioritising leisure travel and pioneering new corridors around the world, reports Mastercard

Mastercard ramps up fraud protection for e-commerce merchants  

Mastercard to integrate Vesta Solutions into Mastercard Payment Gateway Services

UK losing £2,300 per minute to fraud: UK Finance

Industry group highlights the extent of fraud losses with £1.2bn lost to fraud in 2022, the equivalent of £2,300 per minute

Rebrand: from Masterpass to Scan to Pay, powered by Ukheshe  

New look, same secure contactless payment service

Experian integrates with Kyckr for real-time verification of over 120 million companies globally  

Kyckr the corporate KYC company integrates with global information services company, Experian

Norton Rose Fulbright advises Citi on structuring B2B payment solution

Norton Rose Fulbright advises Citi on structuring first-of-its-kind B2B payment solution for renewables marketplace in collaboration with Hokodo

Payment companies still booming despite current market environment – Flywire  

Global payments enablement and software company, Flywire, celebrates a record quarter

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