Mastercard

1959 results about this entity

Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 28 Jan 2025

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 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

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 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

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

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 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".

MasterCard harnesses mobile geolocation to fight overseas card fraud

MasterCard has joined forces with Syniverse to pilot a service that taps the geolocation capabilities of mobile phones to determine whether payment cards are being used fraudulently overseas.

MasterCard and German telcos promise mass-market mobile payments

MasterCard is partnering with leading German telcos Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica Deutschland and Vodafone to develop a mass market mobile payments network covering 80% of handset-owners in the country.

What problem does HCE solve for mobile payments?

James Anderson, group head emerging payments, MasterCard Worldwide and Albert Figueras Moreno, credit cards and consumer finance manager, Banco Sabadell discuss Host Card Emulation and the future of mobile payments.

Acceleration of mobile payments in Europe

Wolfgang Seibert, senior business leader, VP, non-traditional customers and business development and Milan Gauder, head of emerging payments Europe, both of MasterCard discuss the integration of cards and mobile for payments in Central Europe.

Bank Audi teaches Lebanon how to use less cash

Randa Bdeir, assistant general manager, group head of e-payment solutions and card services at Bank Audi, discusses the launch of a new mobile payment service, linked to credit cards, that aims to replace cash for low value payments in Lebanon.