All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Mastercard and Visa under fire from Payment Systems Regulator
PSR provisionally finds that the cards schemes do not face effective competition in the supply of scheme and processing services to acquirers
Swift standardises payments end-to-end, gives banks ready-to-use tracking services
Swift streamlines the cross-border payments experience for corporate customers by extending ISO 20022 across the entire payment chain
Cardless, Avianca Airlines and LifeMiles partner to launch first US credit cards on American Express network
Avianca LifeMiles American Express card from Cardless and Avianca LifeMiles American Express Elite Card from Cardless debut in the US
Nearly 3-in-4 SaaS product managers plan to implement embedded finance: Weavr
Growing awareness of embedded finance is likely to boost competition to bring new product features to market
Adyen teams up with Italian restaurant group Vapiano
Adyen’s single platform enables Vapiano to elevate its customer experience by offering customers flexible payment options
Mobile wallets dominate China payment landscape with over 84% user adoption, reveals GlobalData
Mature digital infrastructure and increasing adoption of QR code-based payments among merchants combine to accelerate mobile wallet adoption
Atomic unveils PayLink Manage: an actionable subscription management tool for financial institutions
Solution enables users to both monitor their recurring payments and make real-time changes within the banking app
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