All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Future of payments: calm down a little and let the lobbying begin
One or two industry observers are going a little overboard following publication of the UK Future of Payments Review
Xion Global bridges the gap between blockchain and traditional financial systems
Xion Global deploys Giesecke+Devrient’s Filia solution to create a seamless financial ecosystem
UK government releases payment and cash flow review report
The government will introduce stronger reporting obligations for businesses designed to reduce late payments and support small businesses
UK SME payments fintech Crezco raises $12m
Cloud-based accounting platform, Xero, integrates Crezco’s technology to offer on-platform bill payments using open banking to its UK-based subscribers
dLocal and travel platform eSky Group expand partnership
Collaboration aims to combine the power of payments with modern airline and travel innovation
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Volt launches in Australia
Volt expands global footprint beyond UK, Europe and Brazil following $60m Series B capital raise
Marqeta and Credi2 team up, enable new instalment capabilities for European banks
Collaboration creates a card-led instalment platform that enables issuers to more easily offer flexible instalment plans for credit and debit cardholders
Taulia, Mastercard partner to launch virtual card B2B payments solution
Taulia virtual cards provides a seamlessly integrated working capital tool to simplify B2B payments
Identity fraud to peak during Christmas shopping season
Identity Fraud is up by 22% in 2023 compared to 2022 reports Experian, with the trend forecast to peak over November and December
Payhawk targets the Procure-to-Pay market, launches Purchase Orders
New solution enables businesses to automate their procure-to-pay process to further increase the efficiency and control in business purchases