All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

IDEX Biometrics and Accomplish Financial to launch biometric cards for payment accessibility

Biometric payment programme is a direct response to the European Accessibility Act 2025

JP Morgan becomes principal member of Cartes Bancaires CB

First US bank to hold principal membership of France’s leading payment network

Unicard enables tap in and tap out smart ticketing across the UK with contactless platform

Unicard Ticketing Hub platform enables tap-in tap-out using credit and debit cards on different modes of transport, with different operators

Ant International CEO highlights digital payments growth and AI innovation

Ant International CEO Yang Peng highlights the role of cross-border mobile payments in contributing to the rise in tourism in Japan

Unlimit and VTEX unite giving enterprise retailers new payment options

Collaboration offers e-commerce brands on VTEX’s platform the ability to scale faster and simplify their customer experience

Zelle transactions rise by 28% y-o-y to hit $806bn

120 million consumer and small business accounts used Zelle in 2023

American Express and American Express Global Business Travel launch new integration

Initiative will help streamline spend management for small businesses

G2 Risk Solutions and Mastercard combine AI and merchant insights

Complementary data intelligence offers payments providers superior transaction laundering detection

Koxa, PNC, introduce embedded banking integration for companies using Workday

Integration offers PNC corporate and commercial banking clients new payments and reconciliation capabilities within PINACLE Connect for Workday

Qatar National Bank, Visa and Qatar Airways partner to launch new co-branded credit card

Cardholders will be awarded with Avios for all purchase transactions, including local and international online transactions