All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Alternative payments account for nearly 60% of e-commerce market in India, reveals GlobalData
Alternative payment methods such as mobile and digital wallets increasingly dominate the e-commerce space in India and are the most popular online payment method with 58.1% market share in 2023, according to GlobalData, publishers of EPI
Star launches CardPro Accelerator
Solution designed to help retailers speed up roll out of card services
Neo-banking platform Leatherback launches in the UK
Leatherback says that it enables easier remittance and cross-border payments for migrants and businesses in multiple countries with users able to access up to 15 currencies from 21 countries
Signal: Financial wellbeing startup Mintago raises $4.75m
UK fintech will use funding to enhance its platform and accelerate its growth across the UK
Merchants increase spend to tackle e-commerce fraud crisis
Businesses are struggling to address spiralling fraud with UK merchants set to lose more than £39m to fraud in 2023
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US banks: Weed and crypto and Trump
Bravo Chase. Ditto Mastercard. Chase UK will block crypto related payments while Mastercard orders US banks to block cannabis purchases. A bigger question is when they will stop funnelling financial support for the disgraced former President
Neo clears €10bn as firms diversify banking partners
Neo now works with more than 400 corporates across 28 countries and delivers payments in more than 100 countries with more than 8,000 banks reachable
Worldline Consulting Services aims to sets new benchmark in payments sector
Dedicated consultancy service for global e-commerce customers key element of Worldline’s evolution to become a strategic growth partner
Xbox credit card appeals to a niche group of customers
Xbox credit card initiative will strengthen its relationship with customers and secure a new revenue stream, writes Harry Swain
Signal: Flex raises $120m, launches finance super app for business owners
Flex launches business credit card and banking solution; funding round led by Florida Funders with participation from Home Depot