All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Businesses & consumers demand a passwordless future

Consumers are increasingly demanding alternatives to passwords as AI-fuelled phishing attacks increase, according to data released by The FIDO Alliance meanwhile, businesses are also working towards a passwordless future

UK businesses investing in technology and partnerships to boost growth: Amex

B2B study commissioned by American Express finds that 72% of businesses are optimistic about future success

Compass completes acquisition of HeidiPay Switzerland

Deal gives the consumer finance division of Mediobanca enhanced digital capabilities in buy now pay later

Monavate launches new Supply Chain Payments division

Payments solutions provider, Monavate, says the new division offers new, vertical-specific payments solutions to businesses in sectors such as travel, where legacy payments infrastructure and practices limit growth, add friction and increase risk

Ecommpay releases Open Banking Select offering

New release designed to give online businesses additional payments control and scale

Hitachi Payment Services launches HPX

India-based payments and commerce solutions provider collaborates with fintech startups for long term investment

ZEEKR, BNP Paribas and Arval agree strategic partnership for electric mobility financing

Relying on BNP Paribas’ mobility expertise, the partnership will provide financing, full-service leasing and insurance services covering all aspects of mobility to ZEEKR end-customers

CFPB and FTC fine TransUnion over illegal rental background checks and credit reporting practices

Credit union agrees to pay $23m for tenant screening and security freeze failures

NMI acquires Sphere’s commercial division, simplifying payments for partners

Deal adds another module to NMI’s stack of payment enablement tools, enabling partners to better customise payment experiences for their merchants

Mastercard demonstrates interoperable CBDC for trusted Web3 commerce

Mastercard participates in the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre’s central bank digital currency pilot project exploring potential use cases for a CBDC in Australia