All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Nexi and orderbird launch next-generation payment platform for ISVs in Germany

New platform provides Independent Software Vendors with a fast, efficient, and secure way to integrate card payments into their services, enabling merchant onboarding in under 48 hours

UK is still not ready to go cashless: LINK

Five years on from the landmark Access to Cash Review, despite big changes in how we use cash, almost one-half of UK consumers say they would still find a cashless society problematic

JP Morgan Payments adds Studio Science to payments partner network

All-in-one customer experience consultancy, Studio Science, is added to the JP Morgan System Integrator Program enabling merchants to launch and enhance end-to-end payment solutions

Mint partners with S2M to transform UAE financial services landscape

Collaboration focuses on moving towards advancing financial inclusion and digital transformation enhancing the lives of underserved individuals and MSMEs in the UAE

stc pay and Mastercard launch Bahrain’s first World Prepaid Card with premium benefits

Mobile wallet introduces two stc pay Mastercard Elite cards in metal and classic design

Santander and Iberpay launch the first international instant transfers

Iberpay is the first certified payment system in Europe and is prepared to process international instant transfers with origin or destination outside the euro area

UK credit card outstanding balances rise by 9.5%

UK Finance releases its card spending data for February 2024, covering the monthly value and volume of transactions across debit and credit cards

Aeropay secures $20m in Series B financing

Open banking and account-to-account payments company, Aeropay, backed by fintech VC firm Group 11, with participation from Chicago Ventures and Continental Investors

The B2B payment landscape of tomorrow

Sarah-Jayne Martin outlines that to facilitate the transition from B2B to B2C payment options, business must digitally transform their finance function with AI and intelligent automation

Payments industry pushes back against fraud victim refund plan

UK payments firms call on regulator to re-think plans for reimbursing victims of fraud