All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

FCA sends APP fraud warning to banks to up their game

Given the findings of the PSR review into APP fraud, the FCA is being remarkably restrained.

Ecommpay partners with GoCardless to add direct debit capabilities

Collaboration will allow businesses to access bank payments in over 25 countries directly within the Ecommpay platform

American Express teams up with Superlogic for next gen enterprise loyalty solutions

Programme provides eligible Amex merchants with special discounts to new loyalty and commerce technology aimed at maximising the consumer experience, gathering new data, and driving revenue

CFPB plots new oversight of big tech, other providers of digital wallets and payment apps

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans would subject large players to the same supervisory exam process as banks

Volante Technologies raises $66m in strategic investment round led by Sixth Street Growth

Latest round brings total outside investment in cloud payments fintech to $116m

Jifiti obtains EMI licence in Europe

White-labelled embedded lending fintech, Jifiti, now able to further serve its bank, lender and merchant customers in Europe, with a more robust set of payment solutions, as a regulated e-money issuer

Fingerprints and IN Groupe agree global contactless biometric cards collaboration

Fingerprint Cards AB and IN Groupe through SPS, its global brand in contactless and dual interface card manufacturing technologies come together to support global card manufacturers scale-up their production of contactless biometric cards

Mastercard partners with Live Nation

Collaboration offers exclusive live music benefits and experiences for cardholders around the world

UAE to join emerging markets’ pursuit for digital sovereignty by launching a domestic card scheme

The UAE is the latest country to shift away from reliance on Western-owned card platforms, writes Blandina Hanna Szalay

CellPoint Digital partners with Riskified to give airlines better defence against online fraud

CellPoint Digital, the airline payments and payment orchestration supplier, teams up with fraud and risk intelligence vendor Riskified