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Mastercard extends EMV deadline, launches fraud mitigation plan
May 19, 2020
Mastercard is launching a consumer protection plan to reduce fraud at the gasoline pump as it postpones the EMV Automated Fuel Dispenser liability deadline for…
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Credit Sesame launches digital banking service
March 10, 2020
Credit Sesame, a company that helps consumers manage their credit, is launching a digital banking service called Sesame Cash, offering consumers bank accounts…
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Branch offers surcharge-free ATM access through Cardtronics
March 5, 2020
Branch, a fintech that provides workers with advanced access to their paychecks, has teamed up with Cardtronics to provide surcharge-free ATM access through…
read nowMastercard partners with North Macedonia on digital identity solutions
February 7, 2020
Mastercard is partnering with the Republic of North Macedonia to develop digital identity solutions that will give citizens of that country a new way of…
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Mastercard opens cyber research center in Vancouver
January 23, 2020
Mastercard has opened a Global Intelligence and Cyber Centre in Vancouver, Canada, allowing it to research digital and cyber security, artificial intelligence…
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Vodafone pulls out of Facebook-backed Libra Association to focus on M-Pesa
January 22, 2020
Vodafone Group, a U.K.-based telecommunications conglomerate, became the latest company to pull out of Libra, the Facebook backed digital currency project.
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Mastercard kicks off massive climate change effort with Citi, IHS Markit, others
January 17, 2020
Mastercard has launched the Priceless Planet Coalition, a massive effort to combat climate change that will involve a five-year commitment to plant more than…
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PayPal drops out of Facebook's Libra
October 4, 2019
PayPal Holdings Inc. has withdrawn its support for Facebook's future cryptocurrency Libra, according to a spokesperson for the payments provider.
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Garmin Pay teams with FiBank, Mastercard to allow contactless ATM transactions
September 30, 2019
Garmin Pay will allow Bulgaria's First Investment Bank customers to digitize their Mastercard payment cards using not only smartphones, but also Garmin…
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ATM suit against Visa, Mastercard resumes
September 27, 2019
An eight year-old antitrust suit is once again seeing some action after independent ATM providers requested class certification in their suit against Visa Inc.
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Mastercard testing open-loop B2B payments service Mastercard Track for 2020 launch
September 12, 2019
Mastercard announced the launch of Mastercard Track, an open-loop business payments system designed to help automate the $125 trillion B2B market between…
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Mastercard, SumUp enter deal to expand mobile POS across Europe
July 25, 2019
Mastercard entered an agreement with SumUp, a provider of mobile point-of-sale devices, to expand the number of electronic payment acceptance locations across…
read nowMobile banking app Step raises $22.5 million in Series A funds led by Stripe
June 6, 2019
Step Mobile Inc., a mobile banking app for teens and families, said it raised $22.5 million in Series A funds led by Stripe.
read nowMastercard offers Friday fare refunds for cardholders who use MTA tap-and-pay terminals
May 31, 2019
As the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority prepares to launch tap-and-go on some city subways and buses tomorrow, Mastercard is announcing the…
read nowMastercard tests biometric cards in pilot with Mexican state benefits program
May 7, 2019
Mastercard and Edenred, a provider of payment solutions via mobile apps, online platforms and cards, have launched the first regional test of biometric card…
read nowBMO deploys Mastercard Send for cross-border payments
April 25, 2019
Mastercard has entered an agreement with BMO Bank of Montreal to implement Mastercard Send, which will allow faster cross-border payments for its…
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Consumer shift or shiny object?: What Apple Card could mean for retail banking
by David Jones — Editor, Networld Media Group
The introduction yesterday of Apple Card has the fintech world talking. But so did Apple Pay when it was introduced four-and-a-half years ago, and it still…
read now1.26B fingerprint sensors to ship in 2019
March 15, 2019
The consumer market is expected to reach approximately 1.26 billion fingerprint sensor shipments by the end of 2019, with a 10.3. percent 5-year CAGR increase.
read nowNatWest to pilot test biometric payments card
March 12, 2019
As part of a national trial, U.K. financial institution NatWest will pilot test a payment card featuring biometric fingerprint technology.
read nowRetail spending jumps 5.1 percent Thanksgiving through Christmas
December 27, 2018
Thanksgiving-through-Christmas spending jumped 5.1 percent this year, exceeding $850 billion, marking the strongest growth in the last six years, according to…
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