All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
UK Election 2024: Don’t let politicians misread runes for a cashless Britain
Access to cash and the ability to conduct in-person financial services should be issues in the UK general election campaign, argues Mark Aldred
Harnessing immigrant talent – a smart investment for the tech industry
Oleg Khusaenov sets out the case for funds investing in promising relocated entrepreneurs and debunks the myth that immigrants pose a financial burden to the host nation
Konsentus open banking tracker highlights growing cross-border activity and payments focus
Konsentus Q1 2024 Third-Party Provider Tracker reveals a notable increase in the number of European TPPs extending their services beyond their domestic markets and a rise in TPPs authorised to initiate payments on behalf of account holders
Boodil unveils innovative travel payments platform
Boodil, a payments platform and proposition powered by open banking payments, offers merchants the option to dramatically cut card processing fees
PayRetailers acquires payment company Transfeera
Strategic move enables PayRetailers to expand its business in Brazil
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BNPL: CFPB acts to ensure consumers can dispute charges and obtain refunds
Agency’s interpretive rule addresses Buy Now, Pay Later lender obligations to investigate disputes and refund charges
Intix plots further Canadian expansion
Transaction data management specialists Intix will provide more effective support to financial institutions in Canada
Lithuanian fintech startup myTU launches Payouts API to streamline payment processing for businesses
New B2B payments-as-a-service, Payouts API, will boost the neobanks’ profit potential with automated, real-time payment processing
Mastercard and Visa under fire from Payment Systems Regulator
PSR provisionally finds that the cards schemes do not face effective competition in the supply of scheme and processing services to acquirers
Swift standardises payments end-to-end, gives banks ready-to-use tracking services
Swift streamlines the cross-border payments experience for corporate customers by extending ISO 20022 across the entire payment chain