Mastercard

1892 results about this entity

Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 17 Sep 2024

Merseyrail introduces contactless payments

Merseyrail will this week become the first UK rail operator to roll out contactless payments across its network, although travellers will still need a paper ticket.

CommBank introduces mobile check-out service for online shopping

Australia's Commonwealth Bank has launched an online payment service for mobile phones utilising MasterCard's PayPass technology.

NTT Docomo and MasterCard bring global mobile NFC payments to Japanese users

Japanese telco NTT Docomo has teamed up with MasterCard to enable customers to make contactless mobile payments around the world.

Australia to take co-ordinated approach to scrapping signatures at the check-out

Australia's competition watchdog is to allow card schemes and banks to work together to replace the use of signatures at the check-out with Chip and PIN authorisation for payments.

MasterCard joins Fido Alliance in bid to replace passwords with biometrics

MasterCard has joined the Fido Alliance, which is bidding to replace password-based online authentication with an industry-supported open protocol tied to the actual device used to access services.

MasterCard to buy Turkey's Provus

MasterCard has moved to strengthen its position in the fast growing Turkish market, agreeing to buy local payments outfit Provus Bilisim Hizmetleri. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Wired tablet edition showcases in-app payments from MasterCard

The November tablet edition of Wired is to feature new technology from MasterCard which enables readers to purchase items direct from advertising and editorial pages without leaving the app.

Live Blog: World Retail Congress

There is no such thing as a 'one size fits all' customer experience, according to MasterCard. At this year's World Retail Congress in Paris, the card payments processing provider hosted a series of events examining innovation, insights and interaction in the retail payments space.

Microsoft, Facebook, BofA form card-linked offers association

A new association designed to promote interoperable card-linked customer offers has been set up by industry players including Microsoft, Bank of America, Discover, Facebook and First Data.

US prosecutors charge 13 over financial cyberattacks

The US Justice Department has charged 13 alleged members of the hacktivist collective Anonymous for their part in a series of cyberattacks against major banks and credit card companies.

MasterCard moves in to hyper-local merchant discounting with Parkeon

MasterCard is to dispense hyper-local shopping coupons to motorists through the Parkeon network of car parking payment terminals.

Card giants bid to boost online checkout security with digital tokens

Visa, MasterCard and American Express want to overhaul global e-commerce security, ditching account numbers in favour of digital tokens for online and mobile transactions.