July 28, 2022
Mastercard Turns to Quantum Computing to Tackle Loyalty’s Thorniest Challenges

Quantum computing sounds like a Space Age construct, or at least the potential to build vast and powerful networks that can crack humanity’s most complicated and vexing problems. Get the...

July 27, 2022
Sen. Durbin Wants Another Bite at Card Interchange Fees

A pair of U.S. senators are preparing a bill that would give merchants the ability to process many Mastercard and Visa credit cards over different networks. Get the Full Story...

July 27, 2022
Apple’s Move Into BNPL Space Triggers Alarm at CFPB

Apple’s move into the buy now pay later (BNPL) space has the attention of Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), who is now examining the larger...

July 27, 2022
API-Based Microservices Use Speed, Access and Ease to Cut in...

Legacy tech has gotten a drubbing throughout the pandemic — and rightly so, many would argue, as merchants and their payments partners seek to create new experiences that were not...

July 27, 2022
Customers Prefer Simple, Not Super App, Experience When Sending Money...

Most FinTech firms that started out a decade ago came to market with a single, easy-to-use financial product that customers loved — whether it was stock trading, money transfer or...

July 26, 2022
Startups Use Tech Innovation to Move the Needle on Financial...

Financial exclusion is a broad category that can range from an inability to access banking services to cultural, economic, and infrastructural barriers to the adoption of electronic payment methods. Get...

July 25, 2022
The Week Ahead: Earnings Will Spotlight Big Tech’s Payments Ambitions

The banks came first — weighing in on the state of the consumer, taking measures of credit and debit spending. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

July 25, 2022
HP Exec Ellen Jackowski Joins Mastercard as Chief Sustainability Officer

Ellen Jackowski joined Mastercard on Monday (July 25) as the company’s chief sustainability officer, responsible for “further integrating Mastercard’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy into the organization,” according to...

July 25, 2022
UK Retailers Seek To Challenge Card Swipe Fees Decision

Hundreds of U.K. retailers urged an appeals court on Monday to rule that Visa and Mastercard overcharged them on swipe fees in the period after the European Union passed legislation...