All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

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

Netspend and Rêv combine global portfolio under parent brand, Ouro

New name reflects ethos of reinvention, transformation and rebirth of company that launched an industry 25 years ago

Mastercard and EedenBull introduce card and spend management solution for SMEs in APAC

The Q business platform provides small and medium-sized businesses with a one-stop digital solution for managing and optimising operational spend

JCB expands partnership with Stripe

Partnership represents a key pillar in the growth of JCB’s acceptance network, boosts e-commerce merchant acceptance in Europe, Singapore and Hong Kong

Rethinking banking payments for the high-risk industries

Sofian Berrahal asks if banking is fit for purpose, when it comes to the needs of the gaming and gambling industry?