All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

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

Viva.com group obtains UK e-money institution authorisation from FCA

The licence will bolster growth in the UK market for the European neobank 

Instant payment start-up Lopay secures £6m seed funding

Backers include venture capital firms BackedVC, Portage and The Venture Collective after Lopay signs up 20,000 small businesses in 18 months

Masabi and Worldpay from FIS collaborate to deliver open payments for public transit

The two companies are teaming up to offer fully-certified, pre-integrated contactless EMV payments solution with an easy upgrade path to support all rider groups

Smartcash PSB and Thunes partner to introduce remittances in naira

Collaboration allows diaspora communities to transfer money to friends and family within Nigeria, expediating and simplifying the process for Smartcash customers in one of the largest remittance markets in the world