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