September 11, 2022
Card Networks Add Merchant Code to Track Gun Sales
Visa, Mastercard and American Express have decided to add a new merchant category for firearms retailers in a win for gun control advocates, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday (Sept....
September 09, 2022
Today in the Connected Economy: DoorDash Looks to Expand Grocery...
Today in the connected economy, DoorDash launches partnerships with grocery brands to expand its delivery options. Plus, ProvidusBank, Mastercard, Interswitch and Thales Group debut a Tap-to-Pay service for consumers in...
September 09, 2022
ProvidusBank, Mastercard, Other Partners Launch Smart Device Tap-to-Pay in Nigeria
Nigerian consumers can reportedly now use their smartphone or wearable device to make in-store payments using a new Tap-to-Pay service launched by ProvidusBank, Mastercard, Interswitch and Thales Group. Get the...
September 09, 2022
A Rough Guide to Europe’s Open Banking Platforms
It is now nearly seven years since the European Commission passed the Revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), and nearly three years since the final deadline for all businesses within the...
September 09, 2022
How API Platforms Democratize Data, Enable Real-Time Experiences
“Financial infrastructure is still evolving. It’s still being modernized and is still being digitized,” Salman Syed, newly-appointed chief operating officer at Fidel API, told PYMTS in a recent conversation. Get...
September 08, 2022
Fidel API Names Mastercard Vet Salman Syed as COO
Financial infrastructure platform Fidel API has appointed Salman Syed as chief operating officer as part of its goal of expanding in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East....
September 07, 2022
UK Questions Visa, Mastercard Cross-Border Fees
Visa and Mastercard pushed back against U.K. regulators examining 2021 cross-border fee hikes, saying the increases were triggered by the U.K.’s exit from the European Union and are justified by...
September 06, 2022
EMEA Daily: Citi Could Sign €100M Dublin Office Deal After...
Today in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the U.K. health and beauty retailer Boots has announced the launch of a new online marketplace and buy now, pay later (BNPL)...
September 06, 2022
Monavate Provides Prepaid Card Scheme for Maps.me
U.K.-based FinTech Monavate has announced a new prepaid Mastercard card product in collaboration with Maps.me that will allow the travel app developer’s 60 million users to make payments wherever Mastercard...
Embedded finance can help nonfinancial brands reach their full potential by allowing customers to transact seamlessly wherever they are, reducing the risk of cart abandonment online, says Mastercard’s Sherri Haymond. Read more in the “Embedded Finance Tracker®,” a collaboration with Galileo,
SMBs are signaling that they’re ready to modernize how they pay suppliers, but they need payment tools that fit real workflows. “Ready for Change: Why Nearly Half of SMBs Want to Ditch Cash and Checks,” a PYMNTS Intelligence and Mastercard collaboration, shows where momentum is building for business credit cards and what could unlock faster adoption.