Tagged: mastercard

November 6, 2024 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has launched Pay Local in order to empower digital wallet providers with new ways to pay. With Mastercard Pay Local, digital wallet providers will gain access to more than 2 billion Mastercard cardholders, enabling card-based payments and providing choice to travelers Mastercard… Read More

October 25, 2024 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has reportedly announced the expansion of its Product Express platform in an effort to help fintechs accelerate the launch of new card programs and other payment solutions. After the roll-out in Latin America earlier in 2024, Product Express now enables fintechs to… Read More

October 21, 2024 @ 9:14 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Unity Wallet (formerly Savl) COO James Toledano believes DeFi has the potential to break Visa’s and Mastercard’s dominance of European payment rails, while also allowing Europe to at least partially free itself from depending on American payment rails. Savi is a self-custodial crypto and Web3 wallet… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 10:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has officially introduced a range of new open banking-powered tools that put consumers in control of their data, safely and securely. Global payments firm Mastercard is launching Connect Plus, which is said to be data-consent command center, and new enhanced identity and… Read More

October 8, 2024 @ 10:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cashflows, the platform that for merchants to accept payments, announces its partnership with Mastercard (NYSE: MA) to offer its merchants Click to Pay. Mastercard Click to Pay is a described as a consistent way to make online payments, offering consumers a user-friendly guest checkout across… Read More

October 6, 2024 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced recently that it has launched various new benefits in support of small businesses operating across Canada. Curated new cardholder benefits provide savings on products and solutions tailored to meet the requirements of Canadian business owners. In order to to acknowledge Small… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 4:45 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Safaricom and Mastercard have signed a partnership to accelerate the adoption of payment acceptance and cross-border remittance services in Kenya. This collaboration focuses on more than 636,000 merchants using M-PESA, Safaricom’s leading mobile money service. Kenya’s payment acceptance market continues to grow, with mobile wallet… Read More

September 30, 2024 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Building on the multimarket partnership to enable flexible payments adoption in the region, Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and ZOOD, one of the digital lending platforms for e-commerce in the Middle East and Central Asia, has introduced a BNPL card – ZOOD Card – in Uzbekistan. The… Read More

September 28, 2024 @ 10:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KaiOS, the operating system that brings the best of the internet to affordable devices, announced a partnership with Mastercard (NYSE: MA) to integrate a range of digital payments solutions. Mastercard and KaiOS explained in a blog post that they will aim to deliver affordable payment acceptance… Read More

September 15, 2024 @ 4:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) expanded its cybersecurity services with an agreement to acquire global threat intelligence company Recorded Future from Insight Partners for $2.65 billion. The acquisition bolsters the insights and intelligence used “to secure today’s digital economy – in the payments ecosystem and beyond.” Recorded… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 10:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

barq, a Saudi financial services startup, has partnered with Mastercard (NYSE: MA) to empower its customers with a range of payment acceptance solutions through Mastercard Gateway. The strategic agreement will see barq leverage Mastercard Gateway technology “to further equip its merchants and consumers around the… Read More

September 2, 2024 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

During a keynote presentation at Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai, Mastercard (NYSE: MA)  announced the worldwide launch of its new Payment Passkey Service to make online shopping more secure and easier than ever. Debuting first in India as a pilot with some of the nation’s… Read More

August 16, 2024 @ 3:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MetaMask (developed by Consensys), Mastercard and Baanx (which powers the Crypto Life platform) announced the pilot launch of MetaMask Card, enabling MetaMask wallet users to seamlessly use their cryptocurrency for everyday purchases in fiat currency (e.g., euros, £) anywhere around the world Mastercard is accepted…. Read More

August 14, 2024 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) is enhancing its Open Banking for Lending program, delivered with Argyle, to streamline the lending process and give consumers more agency over their financial lives. With new features, Mastercard has the ability to “provide income and employment coverage to the estimated 95… Read More

August 11, 2024 @ 2:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Telr, the online payment gateway, has announced its strategic collaboration with Mastercard (NYSE: MA) to introduce its digital checkout solution, Click to Pay, across its extensive network of merchants in the UAE. Through this partnership, Telr will deploy payment technologies “to enhance the customer experience.”… Read More

August 3, 2024 @ 4:53 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Forensic Risk Alliance, an independent forensic consultancy specializing in regulatory investigations, compliance and disputes, has named US-based cryptocurrency specialist Thomas Hyun as a director in the firm’s global Cryptocurrency Investigations and Compliance practice. Hyun brings years of experience building and leading anti-money laundering (AML) compliance… Read More

July 27, 2024 @ 9:43 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

NordPass’s head of product research and development, Sorin Manole, said Mastercard’s recent commitment to reaching full e-commerce tokenization by 2030 in Europe enables better security through the increased use of passkeys. In practice, this means that cardholders can enable passkeys to authenticate e-commerce transactions. “From… Read More

July 13, 2024 @ 6:12 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Online travel platform Expedia Group has finalized a multiyear agreement with Wells Fargo and Mastercard to launch two new co-branded credit cards. Designed to complement One Key, Expedia Group’s loyalty program, the One Key Card and One Key+ Card will offer more flexibility, savings, and… Read More

June 26, 2024 @ 10:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluevine, the banking platform that serves as the financial operating system for startups and small businesses, today announced the general availability of the Bluevine Business Cashback Mastercard, which offers small business owners “essential access to working capital along with an expansive menu of business tools,… Read More

June 21, 2024 @ 7:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has provided an update on its efforts related to scaling open banking to unlock Fintech innovation and enabling choice. The company states that Mastercard Start Path is supporting nine startups across open banking and embedded finance. Mastercard is introducing nine Fintechs “to… Read More