All articles by Douglas Blakey

Chetwood Financial launches first credit card, Wave

2022 is a big year for UK digital challenger Chetwood Financial with its BNPL offering Flex and now its debut credit card dubbed Wave

Mastercard, Amex post strong Q4 2021 earnings, beat analyst forecasts

Mastercard and Amex Q4 2021 earnings beat analyst forecasts while the share price struggles of major BNPL players suggests a sector in trouble

Financial Crime 2022: industrialised fraud looms for the new year

Yuval Marco, General Manager, Fraud & Authentication, NICE Actimize, writes that AI and ML are critical to optimising CX and targeting fraud

UK financial super app Curve unveils bold new card design

2022 is a big year for Curve with new branding and the roll out of its BNPL offering, Curve Flex

PayU targets Indian buy now pay later sector with LazyCard

GlobalData’s India credit card numbers lend weight to PayU’s prospects of targeting the Indian credit gap

Is it game over for Kazakhstan’s Bitcoin miners?

The Kazakhstan Bitcoin mining sector has faltered on its path to becoming a global power, reports Ruth Strachan, senior reporter at Investment Monitor

Opinion: BNPL fans: out of tune?

Our exclusive database of multinational banks, payment providers, cards programmes and processors companies and their subsidiaries

Canadian prepaid card sector posts 21% y-o-y growth

Varo Perks Cashback programme debuts