All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

TerraPay and VM Money Transfer Services partner to expand remittance market for Jamaicans

Agreement aims to provide a superior remittance experience for Jamaicans worldwide

Leatherback, MCB Bank partner on Pakistan Rupees remittances and payouts

Collaboration aims to power more business and lifestyle opportunities in Pakistan and the wider South Asia region

What retail can teach financial services about improving customer interaction

Matt Ryan explores what financial institutions can learn from the retail sector to enhance customer engagement

FastSpring and EBANX agree partnership to expand Pix payments in Brazil

Through the integration, the companies aim to provide the best payment experience to Brazilian clients through local payments via Pix

Alipay+ enables digital payment of 14 overseas e-wallets to support Hong Kong’s global travel drive

Users can now make payments in Hong Kong using their home apps through Alipay+, the suite of cross-border mobile payment and digitalisation technology solutions operated by Ant International

Paystand acquires Teampay, aims to become ‘Venmo for B2B Payments’

Deal creates a fintech powerhouse, expanding the largest fee-free, blockchain-enabled B2B payments network and instantly grows the customer base by approximately 30%

Visa joins AWS partner network to help simplify global digital payments

Visa to streamline access to select Visa services for its cloud-native fintech, financial institution, and enterprise clients

Marqeta partners with OakNorth Bank

Collaboration aims to provide UK SMEs with bespoke banking

Volt launches one-click PayTo payments in Australia

Real-time payments provider, Volt, debuts secure one-click payment solution for its retail customers in Australia, designed to simplify the payments experience for customers and eliminate credit card surcharges

Standard Chartered partners with Visa to enhance cross-border payments

In addition to participating in the Visa B2B Connect multilateral payment network, the bank also joins as a new settlement partner