All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

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

Trustly teams up with MoneyGram

Collaboration enables cardless international money transfers from Europe

M-PESA Safaricom partners with Onafriq, enabling the flow of remittances to Ethiopia

Collaboration enables M-PESA to tap into and leverage Onafriq’s extensive network, connecting 500 million mobile money wallets and 200 million bank accounts

Every 100 users of online services involved in fraud networks

Sumsub enhances fraud prevention solution as fraud networks approach same severity as deepfakes

EU increases pressure on banks to adopt instant payments – the clock is already ticking

The industry across the EU is now in a race to comply with the new mandate