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The Mobile Commerce Roadmap: MasterCard Takes Initiative
April 24, 2014

In this exclusive series, MasterCard’s Chief Emerging Payments Officer Ed McLaughlin has spoken with MPD CEO Karen Webster about the general state of mobile commerce, its game changers, and the technology behind mobile security. In the final part of the digital discussion, McLaughlin reveals exciting...

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MasterCard’s View on the Mobile Commerce Game-Changers
April 10, 2014

In Part Two of this exclusive series, MasterCard’s Chief Emerging Payments Officer, Ed McLaughlin gives Karen Webster the view from his perch on who’s doing the most game-changing stuff in mobile, which represent the biggest opportunity of all and where the “white spaces” are that...

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Coupons.com Inc. Brings Digital Coupons and Credit Cards to the Table
April 08, 2014

Coupons.com Incorporated, digital coupon haven, now allows customers to add coupons directly to payment cards. “… we are really pleased to unveil our card linked service, which sets itself apart with ease of use, great offers and support for Visa, MasterCard and American Express cards....

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MasterCard and Wal-Mart Partner On Store Branded Credit Cards
April 07, 2014

After almost a decade of partnership with Discover, Wal-Mart and its subsidiary property Sam’s Club have elected to enter into an agreement to make MasterCard their go-to payments network for handling all transactions on its store-branded credit cards. The switch to MasterCard comes as part...

Alternative Finances
Inside MasterCard’s C-SAM Acquisition
March 10, 2014

MasterCard today took a strong move to push out mobile-wallet technology faster globally, including its own MasterPass digital service, with the announced planned acquisition of long-time partner C-SAM, whose platform supports not just payments but also customer-specific offers, loyalty incentives, banking, bill-pay options and nonfinancial...

Acquiring
MasterCard Acquires Turkey-Based Processor Provus
January 06, 2014

MasterCard has acquired Provus, an independent payment processor based in Turkey, the payment card network announced. Neither MasterCard nor Provus disclosed the terms of the sale. Founded in 2001, Provus is based in Istanbul. The acquisition is designed to strengthen MasterCard’s presence in the region....

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MasterCard To Distribute PayAnywhere mPOS
December 18, 2013

PayAnywhere and MasterCard have announced a new partnership that will see MasterCard distribute a branded, co-branded or white-label solution of PayAnywhere’s mPOS solutions to help small business owners (SMBs) reduce friction at the checkout, a December 19 press release revealed. As part of the deal,...

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Optimal Payments Nabs MasterCard, Vantiv Agreements
December 06, 2012

Optimal Payments and MasterCard have announced a five-year deal that will help grow the Net + Prepaid MasterCard program in Europe, reports Finextra. Optimal Payments has also reached a processing agreement with Vantiv to offer an online payments solution in the U.S., as The Paypers...