Mobile-payments startup Mozido has collected the first $185 million of a planned $400 million round of financing led by MasterCard, the Austin Business Journal reported on Wednesday (Oct. 22). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Newgen Software and MasterCard are working today to support faster and more secure B2B payments throughout Asia Pacific. 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 Thursday (Oct. 2) announced the launch of SafetyNet, which it said was a preemptive security system “to identify potential attacks before they start and in some cases before the bank or processor is even aware.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
The biggest surprise in August’s retail sales numbers was actually of no surprise to Sarah Quinlan, SVP of MasterCard’s Market Insights. Quinlan’s read of those tea leaves all along pointed to continued spending. Yet Quinlan told MPD CEO Karen Webster that she’s not as convinced...
MasterCard is labeling “successful” a biometrics payments trial (facial plus voice) where more than 14,000 transactions were confirmed in a closed iOS and Android pilot using only MasterCard employees, according to a Computerworld report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
In the wake of the launch of Apple Pay, MasterCard announced that it recently held a closed pilot to understand the consumer experience around voice and facial recognition, according to a company blog post by Ajay Bhalla, President, Enterprise Safety and Security at MasterCard.
Say what you will about Apple, but when it throws one of its product rollout parties, almost everyone wants to play. With Apple’s first official step into mobile payments Tuesday (Sept. 9) and the unveiling of Apple Pay, few in payments wanted to be excluded....
MasterCard announced that it has selected the first class of 7 European start-ups to develop innovative commerce solutions as part of the inaugural MasterCard Start Path accelerator class, according to a company release.
China’s DHgate recently integrated and deployed MasterPass into its B2B eCommerce platform, becoming the first merchant in that country to go live with MasterCard’s digital-wallet service. In doing so, it has enabled a simplified online-payment process for its cross-border customers, 90 percent of whom pay...
