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MasterCard CEO: MasterPass Starts Where Apple Pay Stops
October 31, 2014

MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga used Thursday’s (Oct. 30) earnings announcement to make a case that the brand’s own MasterPass starts where partner Apple Pay stops, with loyalty and other promotional capabilities. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

When’s A Token Not A Token?
October 31, 2014

There are three things that consumers, merchants, issuers and card networks all want from a payments experience: that it be secure, that it be easy to use and that it be available to consumers at all of the places they want to shop. The payments...

MasterCard Surprises World Series Fans With Apple Pay
October 29, 2014

Throughout the 2014 baseball season, MasterCard has been surprising fans with Priceless Surprises. After Apple Pay's recent launch, MasterCard, together with Major League Baseball Advanced Media, surprised MLB fans by enabling the new payment technology at both the Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants...

MasterCard Nearby Launched as Companion App for Apple Pay
October 27, 2014

MasterCard launched its Nearby App as a companion app for Apple Pay, enabling consumers to locate the 220,000+ merchants in the United States that can currently accept contactless payments.

Inside the Future of Commerce, Post Apple Pay
October 24, 2014

What does it take to enable the future of commerce? We’re no longer talking contactless payments on just smartphones and tablets – the focus is now on turning every device into a commerce device, says MasterCard’s Chief Emerging Payments Officer Ed McLaughlin. To coincide with...

Innovation
Mozido Raises $185M Series B, Includes MasterCard
October 23, 2014

Mobile-payments startup Mozido has collected the first $185 million of a planned $400 million round of financing led by MasterCard, the Austin Business Journal reported on Wednesday (Oct. 22). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

B2B Payments
MasterCard, Newgen Push Better B2B Payments In Asia Pacific
October 21, 2014

Newgen Software and MasterCard are working today to support faster and more secure B2B payments throughout Asia Pacific. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...

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Fighting Digital Attacks, MasterCard Style
October 03, 2014

MasterCard Thursday (Oct. 2) announced the launch of SafetyNet, which it said was a preemptive security system “to identify potential attacks before they start and in some cases before the bank or processor is even aware.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Can Apple Drive Enough Q4 Spending?
September 25, 2014

The biggest surprise in August’s retail sales numbers was actually of no surprise to Sarah Quinlan, SVP of MasterCard’s Market Insights. Quinlan’s read of those tea leaves all along pointed to continued spending. Yet Quinlan told MPD CEO Karen Webster that she’s not as convinced...