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Mastercard Offers Fare Discounts, Refunds For Contactless Transit Payments
November 27, 2019

Mastercard has announced that it will refund cardholders up to $10 off their cab rides, every Tuesday through the end of the year (including New Year’s Eve and Day), in yellow or green taxis equipped with Curb Mobility or CMT technology systems in New York...

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Mastercard, Meridiam Partner To Help Cities Fund Transit Pay Innovation
November 20, 2019

Mastercard is partnering with global investor Meridiam to help upgrade transit systems by introducing smart payments and laying the groundwork for mobility-as-a-service (MaaS), Mastercard said in a press release on Wednesday (Nov. 20). During the next few months, Mastercard and Meridiam will work to identify...

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Mastercard Grows City Possible Network
November 19, 2019

Mastercard has announced the expansion of its City Possible network to more than 40 members, including more cities in Brazil and one in New Zealand, according to a release.  “Cities around the world share similar issues — above all building strong local economies and prosperity...

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Mastercard: It’s The End Of Rewards Points As We Know It
October 31, 2019

Consumers are awash in points. Starbucks gives them Stars, airlines give them frequent flier miles, Bee Built has Swarm Swag and Pixi Beauty hands out Pixi dust. Whatever they are called, they all more or less work the same way — the customer builds them...

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Mastercard Accelerate Gives FinTechs Access To Full Suite Of Payment Services
October 28, 2019

Mastercard is rolling out Mastercard Accelerate to help streamline how Mastercard works with FinTechs and provide support from startup to expansion, the company said in a press release on Monday (Oct. 28).  Accelerate offers FinTechs easy onboarding to access and integrate all of Mastercard’s specialized...

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Mastercard On Repairing The Data Trust Deficit — With Decency 
October 25, 2019

Can data be harvested … with decency? The California Consumer Privacy Act looms, taking effect at the beginning of 2020. Across the pond, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect in May of 2018. The laws protecting consumer privacy are changing the ways businesses collect...

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Mastercard Launches Initiative To Foster Data Security Among Businesses
October 24, 2019

Mastercard is introducing a Data Responsibility Imperative to spark a conversation with other companies about data security, Mastercard said in a press release on Oct. 24. Mastercard wants organizations to work together to heighten privacy and fend off cyberattacks. The initiative depends on coming up...

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Mastercard’s Philanthropic Hub Hosts Summit On Financial Inclusion
October 23, 2019

Mastercard‘s philanthropic hub hosted its first Global Inclusive Growth Summit in Washington, D.C. on Monday (Oct. 21). Along with The Aspen Institute, the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth brought together more than 500 people from dozens of sectors to explore financial inclusion. There, the company...

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Mastercard: How Payment On Delivery, Request To Pay Will Ignite Real Time Payments
October 23, 2019

The U.S. is readying for real time, as far as infrastructure is concerned. Mastercard hopes to spur B2B and C2B adoption of real-time transactions through, respectively, Pay on Delivery and Bill Pay Exchange. Ron Shultz, executive vice president of new payment flows in North America...