MasterCard’s Masters of Code Hackathon Series officially kicks off today in Sydney, Australia, focusing first on mobile commerce innovation. Following Sydney, the Series will move to other parts of the world, encompassing themes like security, financial inclusion and commerce innovation. In a recent interview, Mario...
MasterCard has opened its largest Tech Hub outside of the U.S. in Pune, India, and plans to roll out its mobile payments system in April, the card brand said on Wednesday (Feb. 4). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Western Union already has a foothold in China — the money transfer company’s services are available at 20,000 locations there — but it’s about to get a lot bigger. On Wednesday (Feb. 4) the company went live in a deal with the Bank of China...
German payments company Wirecard gave the world a first peek at its new wearable device that functions like a digital wallet worn as a wristband. The device, called the Smart Band, can be used to store credit cards, ID cards and even tickets. Though only...
Tim Cook may say that 2015 is the “Year of Apple Pay” but 2015 might be the year in which the split between card-present, NFC, in-store, card-not-present, online and in-app, begin to disappear, Matt Barr, SVP of Emerging Payments for the U.S., MasterCard told MPD...
Last month, PayPal found itself with a new competitor in Latin American mobile wallet startup Yepex. Now, Yellow Pepper, the company that started that mobile wallet, got some extra funding that could heat up the competition even more. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
The number of retailers who offer customers a mobile commerce option has doubled in the past year — but m-commerce fraud is growing even faster, according to a new study from LexisNexis. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Apple has updated its list of financial institutions that fully support Apple Pay with another 15 banks and credit unions, bringing the total to 61, 9to5 Mac reported on Tuesday (Feb. 3). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Ever thought a place could get away with having customers tip 40 percent for a medium coffee just by using an iPad POS system? As POS devices increasingly become more digitized, and as payments increasingly shift to mobile and cards, tipping has also increased to...
