All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Revolut launches RevPoints loyalty programme
First pan-European debit loyalty card programme turns daily expenses into exclusive rewards
Apple drops BNPL offering in US
Just 8 months after its October 2023 launch, Apple axes pay later loans. Instead, Apple will offer users instalment loans from credit cards, debit cards and lenders when checking out with Apple Pay
Yet another BNPL outfit bites the dust: Laybuy collapses
Buy-now pay-later firm Laybuy has called in receivers having failed in its efforts to find a buyer
Card processing redundancy – safeguarding your bank’s lending business
While any downtime in card processing is a major stressor, Steve Kramer explains how billers can keep payments providers accountable for creating better processes and workarounds that maximise uptime and reliability during inevitable processor outages
Redefining relationships will drive the next generation of payments
Thomas Gillan explains why the trend of ‘coopetition’ between fintechs and competitors is set to accelerate in the coming year
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Alternative payment tools lead e-commerce payments in Asia-Pacific, reveals GlobalData
India posts the fastest jump in alternative payment share in the region, to rank second behind China
Shift4 acquires majority stake of German PoS Company Vectron, completes acquisition of Revel Systems
Vectron provides Shift4 with 65,000 POS locations across Europe, local product expertise, and a European distribution network of 300 POS resellers while Revel Systems provides 18,000+ merchant locations
Verto launches foreign exchange marketplace
Product launch designed to address critical pain points for currency traders with Verto Marketplace overcoming the challenges of limited rate control, high costs, lack of transparency and inefficiency
Doha Bank and Mastercard agree strategic partnership to shape Qatar’s payments landscape
Collaboration represents one of the largest deals of its kind in Qatar, reaffirming the bank’s status as a key player in the country’s financial sector
85% of shoppers would be more loyal if offered something – Shopify research
Amid shifting economic conditions, growing consumer expectations and new intelligent technologies, research from Shopify pinpoints gap between what shoppers want and what retailers prioritise