The U.K. gift market is worth over £5 billion a year and shows no signs of slowing down, with 20,000 gift cards purchased every hour. But if a business goes into administration, those cards can become worthless to the receiver. Now a new company —...
There are only a few things that most people can agree on these days, notes Mastercard. One of them is that too many people in the world are denied access to banking and financial services of any kind. The second? That this lack of financial...
Masterpass QR is getting more global, according to the latest release from Mastercard out of Mobile World Congress. Masterpass QR is live in seven markets in the Middle East and Africa including Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Rawanda, Pakistan Tanzania and Ghana. Get the Full Story Complete...
Mastercard and Boingo Wireless are teaming up to deliver unlimited access to more than one million premium Boingo Wi-Fi hotspots around the world for select HSBC Mastercard cardholders in Argentina, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and the U.K. Get the Full Story...
Mastercard is celebrating a High Court ruling in its favor in a lawsuit brought on by some of the U.K.’s top retailers regarding interchange fees. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Regular readers know that payments — and unlocking the power of them — are capable of doing a whole host of amazing things. It’s no real surprise that at a publication called PYMNTS, we are big fans of, well, payments used in that way. Get...
The global card network announced on Tuesday (Jan. 24) that it will launch a host of exclusive dining privileges for Platinum, World and World Elite Mastercard consumer credit cardholders in Asia-Pacific. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Oftentimes, there’s so much fascination with new technologies and advancements in consumer-facing payments that the other side of payments doesn’t quite get it’s due. But there’s a great deal of innovation happening across the commercial payment landscape, and Sachin Mehra, group executive of global commercial...
Mastercard’s proposed acquisition of U.K. payments technology firm VocaLink took another step closer to approval today when U.K. regulator the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) signaled its satisfaction with the duo’s proposal to allow open access to U.K. ATM network infrastructure and assets. Get the Full...
