Mastercard has brought its Cyber Defense Exercise (CDX) to Europe for the first time. As the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 15) news release, the exercise pits two teams — a red team and blue team — against each other to test how organizations...
Pay-by-bank provider Trustly is powering recurring account-to-account payments for an eyewear subscription service offered by commerce technology platform seQura. Dubbed “optiQa,” the service is being offered first in Germany and Spain and then in other markets, the companies said in a Wednesday (Oct. 15) press...
Mastercard has expanded its solutions in B2B payments by adding tools that provide simple connections and smarter controls. These solutions are designed to make B2B payments as simple as those in the consumer space, the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 15) press release emailed...
Mastercard has introduced a payments platform providing its services and those of its partners to merchants. The company’s Merchant Cloud offers “scheme-agnostic solutions” for credential tokenization, guest checkout, fraud protection, identity verification, and approval rate optimization, Mastercard said in a Tuesday (Oct. 14) news release....
Plaid has announced a solution that will enable vertical software-as-a-service platforms to integrate embedded bank payments directly into their products, enabling their customers to collect bill payments and to disburse funds for vendor payments. The company’s new Transfer for Platforms will provide onboarding, risk and...
Mastercard has introduced a service aimed at improving approval rates for merchants. The Payment Optimization Platform (POP) uses data to make “intelligent decisions about transactions,” the company said in a Monday (Oct. 13) announcement. According to Mastercard, early tests show a 9% to 15% uptick...
The way money moves is changing faster than ever, and so are the conversations shaping it. To give audiences a more dynamic way to engage with the ideas and leaders defining the digital economy, PYMNTS launched the PYMNTS Podcast, a new destination for the stories...
The digital divide that once separated who paid how across borders is narrowing fast. In the United States, digital wallets have become the great equalizer. They’re used almost as readily by retirees as by recent college graduates, and by middle-income consumers as by the wealthy....
Mastercard has unveiled a new digital media network designed to deliver personalized advertising across its owned channels and other channels. The new Mastercard Commerce Media will use insights from permissioned data to deliver personalized offers and content to consumers, and it will use proprietary card-linking...