All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Visa highlights crucial role of cross-border money movement in supporting humanitarian efforts

Visa releases its third annual Money Travels: 2024 Digital Remittances Adoption Report

Mediobanca’s Compass and Nexi expand BNPL partnership to include e-commerce

PagoLight, the Compass BNPL solution, will also be available through Nexi’s XPay

Men emerge as primary gift card purchasers in the US

Research from branded payments provider, Blackhawk Network, reveals shifting gift card and gifting preferences among US consumers

Alipay+ expands global merchant coverage ahead of UEFA EURO 2024

Official payment sponsor of UEFA EURO 2024 introduces exclusive campaigns with offers and benefits for Alipay+ partner e-wallets’ users in anticipation for the surge in travel

Governments must intervene on anti-fraud funding for real-time payments

Craig Ramsey explores the challenge of funding fraud prevention and consumer protection in a real-time payments world

Liberis and Paytrail partner to offer revenue-based financing to e-commerce businesses in Finland

The introduction of Paytrail Financing into the Finnish market will provide Finnish SMBs with the funding they need in as little as 48 hours

Citi, Emirates NBD, partner to launch first-of-it-kind 24/7 USD cross-border payments in Middle East

Collaboration reflects another important milestone for Citi’s 24/7 USD clearing multibank solution for its bank clients globally

Mobile wallet market in Australia to surpass $100bn in 2024, forecasts GlobalData

Rising consumer preference for mobile payments, the availability of major brands including Google Pay, Apple Pay and Samsung Wallet, and the development of QR-code payment infrastructure combine to accelerate growth

Ministry for Restoration of Ukraine and Mastercard cooperate on restoring the tourism industry

Memorandum of Understanding signed to develop the tourism potential of Ukraine

BNPL outfit Art Money fails

Art Money has run out of operating capital and paused business operations while it tries to recapitalise