All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

The challenges of IBAN discrimination: Why sending money across the EU isn’t plain sailing

Euro transactions between any bank in any SEPA transaction should be seamless but internal risk management guidelines within banks make blocked payments based in the IBAN prefix commonplace. Maya Kumar discusses potential solutions

FINBOA and MEA Financial agree partnership

Collaboration will offer MEA customers single, sign-on payment dispute intake through mobile and online banking services

Detected collaborates with Visa to offer improved SMB onboarding in US and Canada

Detected Onboarding Intelligence will improve speed, efficiency and compliance

Paytm teams up with Axis Bank

Indian regulator extends deadline from 29 February to 15 March for Paytm banking affiliate and its customers to make alternative arrangements after India’s central barred Paytm from accepting new deposits in its customer accounts or mobile wallet

USI Money and Enjaz agree strategic partnership

Collaboration enables real time payment processing in Saudi Arabia

Spending rebounds on Ant Group’s cross-border merchant networks during Chinese New Year break

Alipay overseas number of transactions surpasses 2019, with Hong Kong leading in payment volume as outbound tourism rebounds

UK credit card balances rise by 9.8%

UK Finance releases card spending data for November 2023 covering the monthly value and volume of transactions across debit and credit cards, both in the UK and of UK-issued cards across the world

Bank of America, Starbucks launch loyalty partnership

Bank of America cardholders and Starbucks Rewards members can link eligible accounts to earn 2% cash back from Bank of America and one Star per $2 spent at Starbucks

Fiserv expands in-person bill payment network to NCR Atleos ATMs

Fiserv is expanding its CheckFreePay network for in-person bill payment

NMI launches the next-generation of embedded payments solutions

Modular embedded payments platform enables software platforms and ISOs to quickly and easily integrate and accept payments, manage relationships and maximise revenue