(source: en.wikipedia.org)
Mastercard has added new trust and intelligence services to its agentic payments program, Agent Pay, the company said in a Wednesday (Sept. 30) press release emailed to PYMNTS. The new services bring together identity, intent, behavioral and fraud insights to help financial institutions and merchants...
Citi has launched Mastercard’s subscription management capability, Smart Subscriptions, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mastercard said in a Thursday (Sept. 17) press release. The launch marks Citi’s first deployment of Smart Subscriptions anywhere in the world, and Mastercard’s first deployment of the capability in...
Small businesses are putting a premium on predictability. Across more than 6,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) surveyed in 18 countries for Mastercard’s inaugural Dreamonomics report, 68% said they prioritize stability and predictability over fast growth. Fifty-four percent said they actively avoid unnecessary financial risk....
Incoming Mastercard Chief Financial Officer Ling Hai, who assumed that role Aug. 3, outlined a growth-focused capital allocation strategy that includes frontline sales, targeted acquisition and infrastructure expansion Thursday (Sept. 10) during the Goldman Sachs 2026 Communacopia + Technology conference. Emphasizing Mastercard’s posture as a...
By 2030, more than 6 billion people could be using digital wallets. That’s according to Mastercard, which on Thursday (Sept. 10) introduced a set of solutions designed to help wallet providers offer a better user experience. Mastercard Wallet Pay is “designed to foster interoperability and innovation” for digital...
Mastercard is proposing to pay half the amount demanded by Brazilian merchant acquirers that were impacted by the collapse of Will Financeira, also known as Will Bank, a FinTech tied to the failed Banco Master, Bloomberg reported Friday (Aug. 14), citing unnamed sources. In addition,...
Mastercard has added new security controls, single application programming interface (API) access, and expanded embedded payments capabilities to its virtual card number platform, Mastercard In Control. Together, these new features help enterprises and financial institutions manage virtual card programs with greater security, visibility and scale, the company...
Mastercard has introduced a set of software tools and services designed to make it easier for companies to create digital wallet capabilities on both iOS and Android and add contactless payments to their apps. The new Mastercard Wallet Services is designed for banks, FinTechs, merchants and digital platforms. It is...
Mastercard is reportedly considering a sale of its U.K. retail payments business Vocalink. That’s according to a report Monday (July 13) from the Financial Times (FT), which says this move comes as Mastercard fields concerns about a “strategically critical” asset being under American ownership. These...