All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Advent International forms Circle, acquires myPOS
US-based private equity investor forms Circle, a payments and technology platform. As part of the strategy, Circle agrees to acquire UK-based myPOS in a deal reportedly worth in excess of $500m
UK debit card, credit card spending on the rise
UK cardholders debit card and credit spending rises by 0.9% and 2% respectively in August according to UK Finance
Visa Australia proposes preferential interchange rate for SMEs
Visa is slashing the fees incurred by small businesses for sending debit card payments through its network
Is it game over for Till Payments?
Once valued at over A$500m, Australia-based Till Payments is reportedly on the verge of being sold for around A$50m to Canadian-based payments processor Nuvei
Global fraud hotspots revealed
As International Fraud Awareness Week gets underway, FYST reveals the fraud hotspots in each geographical region according to Google Trend data
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GlobalData bankable insights: Open banking retrospective, current state, future view
The latest episode in GlobalData’s Bankable Insights series features Gavin Littlejohn in discussion with lead analyst, thematic and fintech research at GlobalData, Stephen Walker
BR-DGE integrates Visa Instalments into Kenwood Travel’s checkout
Collaboration enables access to flexible payments for holiday goers and represents an industry first
payabl. partners with global online ordering platform GonnaOrder
The paytech has been selected by GonnaOrder to provide payment solutions and launch a referral scheme for merchants
Adflex automates commercial payments and virtual card reading
Straight Through Processing 3.0 brings Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable processes together to refine the benefits of commercial cards for both buyers and suppliers
The CFPB is on a roll: but will it survive?
The CFPB is ramping up efforts to boost consumer protection but its existence remains a hot political issue