All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Volopa announces partnership with ClearBank

Partnership enables transaction, payments and expenses company, Volopa, to offer its clients enhanced banking services

Thunes agrees expanded strategic partnership with Visa

Deal builds on existing collaboration between Visa and cross-border payments company that dates back to 2022

New era of gift cards: The rise of digital, urban trends and emerging industries

Milestone events remain the primary driver of gift card sales, according to Fiserv’s Q1 Gift Card Guage report

Micropayment and Tink team up to launch Pay by Bank at checkout

Berlin-based payment processor, Micropayment, offers Tink’s Pay by Bank offering at merchant checkouts across the DACH region, with plans to expand the partnership further throughout Europe

BuildMyCreditScore: users boost average credit score +52 points in first three months

Card enables users to build their credit score through everyday spending on a debit card, without changing spending behaviour or taking out credit products which can lead to debt

LemFi eyes global expansion with Visa cross-border solutions deal

Visa Cross-Border Solutions and LemFi, the UK-headquartered international payments company, have signed a global expansion deal

The rise of Pay by Bank

Consumer willingness to embrace new payment methods highlighted by Instant Economy Payment Insights report released by Swedish fintech, Brite Payments

Swift to develop confirmation of payee service for Australian Payments Plus

New service will help reduce scams by ensuring consumers can confirm they are transferring funds to the intended person or entity

eurochange partners with PayPoint

Travel money from foreign currency specialists eurochange to be rolled out at over 500 convenience stores across UK

Shift4 partners with Atlante to provide card-present payments solution for EV charging

Collaboration aims to simplify EV charging payment process across Southern Europe