All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Mastercard reveals new cardholder benefits to enhance health & wellness, travel and lifestyle rewards
New cardholder benefits with Alo Moves, Booking.com, HealthLock, Instacart Business, Lyft, MoviePass and ResortPass
Beyond borders: Building bridges in the world of international payments
Josh Cogan discusses the lack of inclusion in cross-border payments and references research highlighting the scale of the challenge for banks looking to capitalise on what represents a huge market opportunity
PayPal boosts its stablecoin use in preparation for a crypto future
Blandina Hanna Szalay explains why PayPal is utilising one of its long-acquired and forgotten business ventures as a tool to spread its own stablecoin
On leave-but still plagued by BNPL spin
Despite all evidence of BNPL outfits failing to break even let alone turn a profit, PR evangelists persist in trying to kid on that the sector is thriving
EU deadline for Instant Payments Regulation is ‘far too tight-it will slip’
The European Council has adopted the Instant Payments Regulation and it is now scheduled to come into effect in a little over two weeks. The deadline for compliance is far too tight, argues CGI’s Ainsley Ward
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New paths, new payments, new paradigms
Debbie Guerra, ACI Worldwide’s chief product officer, discusses the key takeaways from ACI’s 2024 Analyst Day with EPI editor 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