All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Mastercard, GFT Technologies join to boost cross-border payments

Collaboration aims to enhance efficiency, agility, and cost reduction

Celeris and PXP Financial agree strategic technical integration

Collaboration aims to elevate merchant payment solutions on a global scale

Credit card delinquencies rise at Chase, Wells Fargo, inch down at Citi

US consumer spending rose in the first quarter, according to data released by the major US credit card issuers

R3, Quant, DXC and Coadjute selected as technology providers for the UK’s Regulated Liability Network

UK participants include Barclays, Citi, HSBC, Lloyds, Mastercard, NatWest, Nationwide, Santander, Standard Chartered, Virgin Money and Visa, supported by EY and Linklaters, and a technology team of R3, Quant, DXC and Coadjute

Mastercard agrees strategic partnership with Canadian fintech VoPay

Collaboration designed to empower Canadians to move money quickly and securely with Mastercard Move

Inpay: net profits rise by 50% in 2023 for international cross-border payments business

Inpay says its 2023 earnings highlight its ability to continue to scale rapidly and profitably having successfully integrated 18 new local markets in 2023 with plans to add an additional 60 countries in 2024

Top 5 CTO Trends for 2024

David Sewell, CTO of Synechron, discusses five of the top technology trends we’ll see in 2024 which will have an outsize impact on the payments industry

TianziPay chooses iDenfy to elevate identity verification for seamless international transfers

Collaboration enables onboarding clients seamlessly through new KYC and AML software

Mastercard and Equity Bank partner to enhance cross border money transfers in Kenya

Mastercard Cross-Border Services will enable Equity Bank customers to send money to 30 countries, offering a customer-centric, cost-effective solution while driving financial inclusion

SMB financial management platform Mimo raises £15.5m

Mimo launches platform to simplify B2B payments