All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Alternative payment tools lead e-commerce payments in Asia-Pacific, reveals GlobalData
India posts the fastest jump in alternative payment share in the region, to rank second behind China
Shift4 acquires majority stake of German PoS Company Vectron, completes acquisition of Revel Systems
Vectron provides Shift4 with 65,000 POS locations across Europe, local product expertise, and a European distribution network of 300 POS resellers while Revel Systems provides 18,000+ merchant locations
Verto launches foreign exchange marketplace
Product launch designed to address critical pain points for currency traders with Verto Marketplace overcoming the challenges of limited rate control, high costs, lack of transparency and inefficiency
Doha Bank and Mastercard agree strategic partnership to shape Qatar’s payments landscape
Collaboration represents one of the largest deals of its kind in Qatar, reaffirming the bank’s status as a key player in the country’s financial sector
85% of shoppers would be more loyal if offered something – Shopify research
Amid shifting economic conditions, growing consumer expectations and new intelligent technologies, research from Shopify pinpoints gap between what shoppers want and what retailers prioritise
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Vistra collaborates with Fenergo to deliver frictionless onboarding for clients
Collaboration will digitalise and accelerate onboarding journeys for Vistra’s clients while meeting all legal and regulatory obligations
UK becomes the fraud capital of the world
Research from Ravelin reveals the alarming global growth of online fraud with the UK now one of the worst-affected countries
Why have marketplaces been slow to adopt embedded finance? Providers are missing what they really want
Embedded finance is not about offering credit or increasing revenue. It’s about improving the customer experience. Barry O’Sullivan looks at what online marketplaces really want from these services
Trustly launches AI-powered recurring payments to boost European subscription economy
New technology designed to elevate customer lifetime value by streamlining subscription payments, minimising churn, and reducing fraud and payment failures
State of consumer attitudes on e-commerce, fraud, & CX: ClearSale research
ClearSale releases its annual ecommerce consumer report, revealing key drivers of buying decisions and shifting fraud trends in the US, Canada, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina