All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
UK household finances in a better place but pressures remain – UK Finance
Household Finance Review data for Q1 2024 released by UK Finance explores trends across household spending, saving, and borrowing
EBANX strengthens partnership with Ozow to empower South Africa’s digital economy
The fintechs will enhance their collaboration by offering innovative payment solutions, aiming to streamline transactions and support merchants of digital products and services
Trustly’s transaction value processed jumps 79% y-o-y in 2023 to $58bn
Open banking payments fintech, Trustly’s 2023 annual report shows robust growth and a significant increase in demand for its account-to-account technology
Mastercard empowers digital inclusion of youth in Kenya with launch of Alice Ngunzu Digital Labs
The project aims to bridge the digital divide by providing youth in underserved communities the opportunity to develop skills for the digital age
A2A payments will likely challenge the dominance of cards in Australia
Card payments are at risk of losing market share to pay by bank, account-to-account payments says Blandina Hanna Szalay
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Fintech Peloton Technologies launches self-serve currency exchange
New capability lets business owners better manage FX rates and increase the speed and ease of their cross-border transactions
Ant Group, Mastercard, e-wallets partner to drive inbound tourism to China
Collaboration launches international consumer friendly zones programme in Shanghai to support iconic travel spots, commercial areas, airports and taxis
Featurespace / Pay.UK pilot detects additional £138.7m worth of fraud in UK payments system
AI-powered fraud and financial crime prevention company, Featurespace, releases results of a major pilot with the independent, not-for-profit operator of the UK’s national retail payments system Pay.UK
Mastercard East Arabia report projects accelerated economic growth in 2024
Report from Mastercard maps the state of the evolving payments landscape in the region
Embedded Finance Platform, Solaris SE, taps Salt Security for API Protection
Salt Security helps Solaris protect its large API ecosystem to safeguard critical PII and data of customers