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Mastercard is a leading global payments & technology company that connects consumers, businesses, merchants, issuers & governments around the world. Mastercard Incorporated is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in the Mastercard International Global Headquarters in Purchase, New York, United States.
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InternationalEU Awaits Launch Of Payments Network Challenger This Week
A group of big European banks is planning to challenge Visa’s and Mastercard’s positions as the world’s two largest payment processing networks,...
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B2B PaymentsFIs Embrace FinTech Collabs With An Eye On Functionality
In a PYMNTS interview, NICE Actimize Head of Fraud Strategy Rob Tharle shed light on a nasty downside to the proliferation of...
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MastercardCiti Launches Nonprofit To Aid Struggling SMBs During Pandemic
Citi has become the latest financial giant to step forward to boost a rising nonprofit dedicated to minority and women-owned small businesses...
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ANTITRUSTEU Regulators To Decide On Mastercard’s $3.2B Nets Bid By Aug. 3
The European Commission’s antitrust regulators are poised to rule on whether Mastercard’s $3.2 billion bid for part of the Scandinavian payments company...
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MastercardMastercard, EedenBull Extend Into Asia Pacific
Mastercard and Norwegian financial technology (FinTech) company EedenBull have agreed to expand their partnership to the Asia Pacific region, the firms announced...
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The WeekenderFaster Worker Pay, Cloud Banking And WhatsApp Payments In Brazil Top This Week’s News
It’s the end of the work week, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the...
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Security & FraudMastercard, Visa Said To Rethink Wirecard Deals Amid Accounting Scandal
Mastercard and Visa are considering ending their agreements with Wirecard to process payments on their networks as the German financial technology company’s...
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NewsToday In Payments: Wirecard Files For Insolvency; New York To Ease Cryptocurrency Regulations
In today’s top news, Wirecard files for insolvency, and New York proposes easing regulations for cryptocurrency licenses. Plus, California seeks a court...
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NewsToday In Payments: Brazil Central Bank Shuts WhatsApp Payments; Visa’s SMB Hub Launches With PayPal, Freshbooks
In today’s top news, Brazil’s central bank suspended WhatsApp’s payment feature, and Visa launched its online resource hub for small and medium-sized...
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Digital PaymentsSamsung To Roll Out Pay Card For Digital Wallet With Mastercard, Curve
Samsung Electronics Co. plans to offer a Samsung Pay Card that will give customers “a simple and flexible way to control their...
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MastercardMastercard, Finicity and Standardizing Open Banking’s Data Flow
While open banking is gaining traction in Europe (by regulatory mandate) and is making inroads to the U.S. (through free market competition),...
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InternationalBrazil Central Bank Cites Lack Of Competition In Shutting Down WhatsApp Payments
Brazil’s central bank has suspended WhatsApp’s payment feature in the country, citing antitrust concerns, according to Bloomberg on Tuesday (June 23). Mastercard...
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MastercardMastercard To Buy Financial Data Provider Finicity For $825M
Mastercard Inc. has signed a deal to buy Finicity, the Salt Lake City, Utah, provider of real-time access to financial data, for...
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NewsToday In Payments: US Casinos To Go Cashless; Mastercard, Visa Lose Round On UK Swipe Fees
In today’s top news, U.S. casinos are moving toward cashless gambling, and Visa and Mastercard lost their bid to assess fees on...
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NewsToday In Payments: Jobless Americans Can’t Afford Doctor Visits; Powell Says US Faces Long-Term Economic Damage
In today’s top news, many jobless Americans can’t afford to seek medical care, and the Fed’s Jerome Powell said the economy is...
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LegalMastercard And Visa Lose Legal Round In Europe Over Swipe Fees
In the United Kingdom, and for the payment network giants in the decades-long legal battle over interchange fees — next stop, trial...
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MastercardMastercard Tokenizes Card Credentials For Amazon Shoppers In 12 Countries
Amazon customers in 12 countries across North America, Latin America, the Middle East and Europe will have their stored credit card credentials...
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LegalMastercard And Visa Lose Legal Round In The UK Over Swipe Fees
Two of the world’s largest credit card companies have lost their bid to assess fees on retailers in the United Kingdom. Britain’s...
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Digital PaymentsMastercard Partners With WhatsApp In Brazil
Mastercard has partnered with Facebook to offer Brazilians a way to send and receive money on the social network’s WhatsApp. Cardholders who make bank transactions...
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B2B PaymentsMastercard Teams With Octet Europe For SMB Trade Technology
To assist small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in expanding their operations, Mastercard and Octet Europe rolled out a new trade system throughout...
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RetailRetail Sales Fell Only 5.6 Pct In May As Consumer Spending Improves
Consumer spending in the United States gradually increased last month as shoppers arose from lockdown. Mastercard figures indicated that retail sales in...
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NewsToday In Payments: InsurTech Lemonade To Go Public; Affirm Unveils High-Yield Savings Account
In today’s top news, insurance tech startup Lemonade filed an IPO, and Affirm launched a high-yield savings account. Plus, retail dispute management...
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eCommerceExclusive: Citi Enables Mastercard’s Click to Pay At Checkout For Cardholders
The new normal of eCommerce done during a pandemic has exposed some glaring frictions in the process of getting what we need...
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Digital PaymentsMastercard’s New President Of Europe On EU’s Digital Payments Transformation
The pandemic has introduced new variables into innovations, payments and commerce — setting up headwinds in some cases as businesses shutter, and...
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HealthcareHealthcare Leans Into Faster Payments
Healthcare costs and healthcare payments are closely tied, but worlds apart. As the COVID-19 episode slowly winks out (for now), hundreds of...
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NewsToday In Payments: Starbucks Offers Leave Of Absence For Baristas; Western Union Eyes Buying MoneyGram
In today’s top news, Starbucks offers a leave of absence option to employees impacted by reduced café hours, and Western Union makes...
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Mastercard’s Fintech Express Aims To Fuel European Startups
Mastercard has added a program designed to assist FinTech startups in Europe with quickly launching and expanding, the company announced on Tuesday...
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DisbursementsDeep Dive: Modernizing Patients’ Reimbursements, Discounts
Financial pains are all too common for patients and service providers in the healthcare industry. Patients can struggle to afford the high...
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MastercardMastercard: Data-Driven Insight Key To Fast-Tracking America’s Reopening
In the midst of the pandemic, businesses and governments are grappling with decisions that often must be made on the fly. The...
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DisbursementsThe Painful State Of Patient Reimbursements
U.S. patients were notoriously overburdened by healthcare costs even before pandemic-related job losses added new financial strains. These high costs and long...
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NewsToday In Payments: Mastercard Introduces Recovery Insights Tools; Starling Notches $49M In Funding
In today’s top news, Mastercard introduces Recovery Insights tools, Google is mulling a purchase of a share of Vodafone India, and British...
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Mastercard Debuts COVID-Recovery Data Tools For Business, Gov’t
Mastercard‘s new Recovery Insights tool will attempt to help businesses and governments assess data during the pandemic in order to make smarter...
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DisbursementsHow Faster Disbursements Can Help Solve Patients’ Payment Pain Points
The United States healthcare system is notorious for burdening patients with hefty expenses — a reality that existed long before the COVID-19...
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MastercardMastercard: Helping Consumers And Businesses Dive Into The Digital Deep End
As challenging as the environment has been over the last 10 weeks or so, the pain points that have presented themselves aren’t...
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Digital PaymentsSoFi Powers Samsung Pay Mobile Banking Services
To help users manage everyday finances, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. has announced a new mobile-focused money management experience called Samsung Money by SoFi. The technology...
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B2B PaymentsPayments Tech Takes Advantage Of Payment Rails Building Blocks
Despite some drawbacks, legacy rails have mounds of potential to tackle a multitude of B2B payments friction points. For payments technology players,...
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Digital-First BankingFIs Or FinTechs: Who Will Power Banking’s Big Digital Shift?
The pandemic has accelerated the digital roadmap for everyone in financial services, giving rise to more innovation in the past few months...
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Payment MethodsJudopay, Mastercard Team With UK Pharmacy Network For Payments
Mobile-first payments startup Judopay is collaborating with payments giant Mastercard to bring secure digital payments to The Pharmacy Centre in the U.K....
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B2B PaymentsFinserv Finds Multiple Avenues To Connect AR And AP
B2B FinTechs and financial service providers are taking a variety of routes to optimizing both accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR)...
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Security & FraudMastercard Launches Anti-Fraud Measures At Gas Pumps
Mastercard has announced a series of consumer protections aimed at protecting customers and merchants from fraud at fuel stations. The New York...
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Faster PaymentsWhy Instant Paychecks Will Be A Necessity Instead Of A Luxury
While many advancements have been made over the last five years toward enabling 9-to-5 employees to gain instant access to wages they...
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MastercardMastercard, Enel X Win Bid To Develop Israeli FinTech Lab
Mastercard and technology solutions firm Enel X are teaming up after winning a competitive bid to develop a FinTech and cybersecurity innovation...
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B2B PaymentsCard Ecosystem Elevates Its Value Prop For Corporates
As commercial card transaction volumes climb, two of the industry’s biggest players – Visa and Mastercard – have each announced new solutions...
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B2B PaymentsMastercard Rolls Out Track Business Payment Service In US
To enable greater efficiency and quicker access to working capital for buyers and suppliers, Mastercard has unveiled the rollout of the TrackTM Business Payment...
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MastercardMastercard Aims To Protect Canadian SMBs With RiskRecon Assessments
RiskRecon, a Mastercard firm, is offering complimentary cybersecurity assessments through the end of the year to assist Canadian small businesses in keeping...
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NewsToday In Payments: Mastercard Expands Commitment To Connect 1B People; Digital Car Buying Platform Vroom To Test June IPO
In today’s top news, Mastercard vows to connect 1 billion people to the digital economy by 2025, and Vroom is looking at...
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MastercardMastercard Expands Global Commitment To Connect 1B People
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt worldwide economies and everyday life, Mastercard vows to connect 1 billion people and 50 micro-businesses...
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InnovationTrust Over IP Foundation Aims To Increase Online Trust In Data
With the launch of the new Trust over IP (ToIP) Foundation, the Linux Foundation wants to establish a common trust online for...
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Security & FraudMastercard’s Playbook On Fighting Online Fraud’s Big Surge
The shift to online commerce in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is unprecedented. We’re doing more of everything online, especially transacting....
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: Memo Recommends US Senate Vote Via Blockchain; Mastercard, Alipay Join Australian Supply Consortium Tracked With Blockchain
U.S. Senate staffers put forward the idea of blockchain voting in a “continuity of Senate” memo at the end of April, CoinDesk...
