All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

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

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

King Charles coronation: Brits to spend big… but not with cash

Brits are set to up their spend during the extra bank holiday weekend to mark King Charles coronation but will not be splashing out with cash

Mastercard heads DiversityInc’s list of top 50 companies for diversity

Mastercard is ranked the top company in the US for diversity with the financial services prominent in the top 50 firms with 7 banks also recognised

Crown Agents Bank FY2022 earnings: record revenue and profits

Crown Agents Bank reports adjusted EBITDA surges 338% to £56m for 12 months to end December 2022