All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Wix expands offerings in Square App Marketplace to streamline operations for restaurant owners  

Restaurants owners can sell faster by seamlessly connecting their Wix Restaurants site and Square to manage online orders, menus, and reporting in one place

Regulation: Europe becomes the first continent with comprehensive rules for cryptoassets

The European Parliament has voted through the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation

How alternative payment methods are fuelling growth for BNPL platforms and Account-to-Account Tools

Fabrick subsidiary Axerve has released a whitepaper that exploring the market penetration of alternative payment methods across a variety of geographies and industries

‘UK credit card market is broken’: Cardeo

Over 14 million UK consumers are caught in a credit card “poverty trap” with more than £14bn paid in credit card interest every year according to fintech Cardeo

Airwallex launches global payments in Canada

Airwallex’s further expansion into Canada comes on the heels of strong growth in the Americas region

Nexi Greece collaborates with Greenpeace to provide highly secure digital payments

The Greenpeace partnership highlights Nexi’s commitment to providing secure payment processing solutions to its clients

Crédit Agricole and Worldline: exclusive discussions to create major player in merchant services

Crédit Agricole and Worldline plan unique alliance to create a major payments player

Liberis to partner with DNA Payments as it continues to expand within SME sector

Embedded finance provider, Liberis, teams up with DNA Payments to fund merchant customers 

Fintech Lanistar moves to full banking solution in the UK and prepares for launch

Payment card provider Lanistar is again preparing to launch in the UK

Indonesia’s move to launch a domestic credit card network highlights wider regional trend

Indonesia wants greater control over its credit card sector and as Arnie Cho notes, other regional markets are likely to follow its lead