All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Swift to develop confirmation of payee service for Australian Payments Plus

New service will help reduce scams by ensuring consumers can confirm they are transferring funds to the intended person or entity

eurochange partners with PayPoint

Travel money from foreign currency specialists eurochange to be rolled out at over 500 convenience stores across UK

Shift4 partners with Atlante to provide card-present payments solution for EV charging

Collaboration aims to simplify EV charging payment process across Southern Europe

Trustly teams up with MoneyGram

Collaboration enables cardless international money transfers from Europe

M-PESA Safaricom partners with Onafriq, enabling the flow of remittances to Ethiopia

Collaboration enables M-PESA to tap into and leverage Onafriq’s extensive network, connecting 500 million mobile money wallets and 200 million bank accounts

Every 100 users of online services involved in fraud networks

Sumsub enhances fraud prevention solution as fraud networks approach same severity as deepfakes

EU increases pressure on banks to adopt instant payments – the clock is already ticking

The industry across the EU is now in a race to comply with the new mandate

Mastercard & Alipay partner for faster remittances

Connection to Alipay Wallet accelerates Mastercard’s fast-growing cross-border payment offering, addressing the demand for transparent, secure and efficient money movement

UDPN project launches All-in-One digital currency sandbox

Supports central banks and commercial banks to innovate and test digital currencies in a real environment

Mastercard ups ante in fight against so-called ‘friendly fraud’: First Party Trust programme to launch this year

First Party Trust is an AI-powered insights programme to help combat the surging trend in first-party or ‘friendly fraud,’ genuine transactions that are mistakenly or intentionally challenged by cardholders