All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
IDEX Biometrics receives production order from Beautiful Card Corporation
BCC obtains Letter of Approval from Mastercard for its biometric payment card built on the IDEX Pay platform, allowing the issuance and deployment of biometric cards globally
Canadian summer spending heats up: BMO
Nearly half (48%) of Canadians admit to spending more than they know they should with 15% reporting that impulse shopping is preventing them from making real financial progress
dLocal and Eneba partner to enable accessible gaming to LATAM
Partnership capitalises on providing accessible payment to over 100 million gamers across 8 key LATAM markets
Royal Bank of Canada launches Global Credit Connect with Nova Credit
RBC initiative will help create a smoother financial start for newcomers to Canada
Belgium card payments market to grow by 5.6% in 2024, forecasts GlobalData
Ongoing efforts to promote electronic payments, the expansion of the e-commerce market and availability of value-added benefits for cardholders combine to boost card payments
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Revolut launches RevPoints loyalty programme
First pan-European debit loyalty card programme turns daily expenses into exclusive rewards
Apple drops BNPL offering in US
Just 8 months after its October 2023 launch, Apple axes pay later loans. Instead, Apple will offer users instalment loans from credit cards, debit cards and lenders when checking out with Apple Pay
Yet another BNPL outfit bites the dust: Laybuy collapses
Buy-now pay-later firm Laybuy has called in receivers having failed in its efforts to find a buyer
Card processing redundancy – safeguarding your bank’s lending business
While any downtime in card processing is a major stressor, Steve Kramer explains how billers can keep payments providers accountable for creating better processes and workarounds that maximise uptime and reliability during inevitable processor outages
Redefining relationships will drive the next generation of payments
Thomas Gillan explains why the trend of ‘coopetition’ between fintechs and competitors is set to accelerate in the coming year