All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Lithuanian fintech Paystrax launches in the UK
Paystrax provides card transaction acquiring and payment solutions for more than 500 merchants and retailers across the UK & Europe, helping reduce friction and time taken to adopt digital payment methods
Underpay launches in the UK
Founded in early 2023, the fintech is on a mission to popularise account-to-account payments
Cardlytics partners with Monzo to deliver new targeted cashback rewards programme
Monzo becomes the first bank globally to deploy Cardlytics’ new cloud-based platform
Unlocking financial inclusion: the interconnected role of digital identity
A bank account – and the identity verification needed to open these – should be a right for all. Miguel Traquina explains why banks and financial organisations need to see these issues as two sides of the same coin
New EU legislation will remove friction in real-time payments
Blandina Hanna Szalay discusses the strategic importance of EU legislation to promote instant payments
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Jordan Ahli Bank deploys Fintech Galaxy platform for open banking readiness
Jordan Ahli Bank will leverage Fintech Galaxy’s FINX platform to enable customers to share their financial and banking data with third parties and make account to account transfers, leveraging API technology
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