Mastercard

1892 results about this entity

Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 17 Sep 2024

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Target names DeRhodes CIO; partners MasterCard for chip and PIN

Target names DeRhodes CIO; partners MasterCard for chip and PIN

Target has hired industry veteran Bob DeRodes to overhaul its security efforts in the wake of its recent massive data breach. The retail giant has also outlined plans to incorporate MasterCard chip and PIN technology across its card portfolio.

MasterCard to buy Oz loyalty specialist Pinpoint

MasterCard to buy Oz loyalty specialist Pinpoint

MasterCard has struck a deal to buy PinPoint, a provider of loyalty and rewards service to banks and merchants in Asia Pacific. Financial terms were not disclosed.

MasterCard reports contactless surge; forecasts boom in mobile payments

MasterCard reports contactless surge; forecasts boom in mobile payments

MasterCard is expecting an uplift in contactless transactions to lead to a revolution in mobile payments, with the card scheme currently running 50 NFC pilots across Europe.

Putin vows to build Russian rival to Visa and MasterCard

Putin vows to build Russian rival to Visa and MasterCard

President Vladimir Putin says Russia will set up its own payments system after MasterCard and Visa cut off services to several of the country's banks in response to US sanctions.

MasterCard joins £109m Monitise share-placing

MasterCard joins £109m Monitise share-placing

Monitise has raised around £109 million in a share-placing which sees MasterCard take a minority stake in the mobile money firm.

Visa and MasterCard cut off Russia's sanctions-hit SMP Bank

Visa and MasterCard cut off Russia's sanctions-hit SMP Bank

Russia's SMP Bank says that Visa and MasterCard have stopped processing transactions for its clients after the US imposed sanctions on its major shareholders.

Startupbootcamp invites fintech geeks to London payments hackathon

Startupbootcamp invites fintech geeks to London payments hackathon

Startupbootcamp is inviting fintech geeks to take part in a 48-hour, payments infrastructure-focussed hackathon in London next month.

Visa and MasterCard launch cross-industry effort to push US adoption of EMV

Visa and MasterCard launch cross-industry effort to push US adoption of EMV

In the wake of the Target data breach, rivals MasterCard and Visa have joined forces to create a cross-industry group that will push for greater payment security, beginning with the introduction of EMV chip technology in the US.

Barclays mobile boss elected MEF Emea chair

Barclays mobile boss elected MEF Emea chair

Barclays Pingit chief Darren Foulds has been elected Emea chair at mobile content and commerce trade association MEF.

PrivatBank launches HCE-based mobile NFC payments service

PrivatBank launches HCE-based mobile NFC payments service

Beating banks around the world to the punch, Ukraine's PrivatBank has launched a host card emulation-based mobile NFC payments service.

EC accepts Visa Europe credit card fee cap proposal

EC accepts Visa Europe credit card fee cap proposal

The EC has accepted Visa Europe's promise to cap its multilateral interchange fees (MIFs) for cross-border credit card payments at 0.3%.

Vodafone's Sanz insists that HCE is 'good news'

Vodafone's Sanz insists that HCE is 'good news'

Vodafone's head of m-commerce in Spain has moved to allay fears that Visa and MasterCard's recently announced support for Host Card Emulation could hurt telcos' efforts to prosper in the mobile money arena, insisting to Finextra that HCE is "good news".

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