The world has a plastic problems — a fact illustrated earlier this week when researchers from the Environment Agency Austria and the Medical University of Vienna jointly presented evidence that there is so much plastic in the environment that we’ve actually begun to inadvertently eat it....
Mastercard, the digital payments company, made the case in a blog post Monday (Oct. 22) on why it supports EMVCo’s release of the EMV Secure Remote Commerce Specification draft, which is now available for public review and comment. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
There are few disappointments in life quite as indelible as a long-anticipated vacation that crashes and burns because of a bad experience at a hotel. Most consumers have at least one horror story about a long-anticipated trip derailed by the sound of jackhammers all day because of a hotel...
Mastercard, the payments company, announced on Thursday (Oct. 18) that cardholder signatures will now be optional for the back of credit cards and receipts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Mastercard said Wednesday (Oct. 17) that it will enable tokenization services on all cards by 2020, as part of its Digital Commerce Solutions, a suite of offerings geared toward making online transactions speedier and more secure. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
When it comes to paying bills online, banks have come up short in speed and transparency — and customers can’t always use cards if they want. So, they defect to billers. Mastercard is debuting its Bill Pay Exchange — a digital, mobile conduit for automatic reminders...
Mastercard has been awarded a patent for a proposed blockchain system that would support multiple types of currency. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...
Mastercard is providing increased peace of mind for World and World Elite cardholders, announcing on Tuesday (Oct. 9) two new benefits for those customers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
When Mastercard launched Send in 2015, the focus was on making it easy to move money quickly between businesses and people using the debit card as the proxy. Send doesn’t just work with Mastercard branded cards, either, Jess Turner, executive vice president of digital payments at...
