Mastercard

1892 results about this entity

Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 17 Sep 2024

Google and payments firms discuss blocking funds to illegal download sites - Telegraph

Google is in talks with Visa, MasterCard and PayPal about cutting off funding to illegal downloading Web Sites, according to the Telegraph.

MasterCard buys stake in data analytics firm Mu Sigma

MasterCard is stepping up its interest in transactional big data, forming a partnership with, and acquiring a stake in, analytics firm Mu Sigma. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Anonymous allegedly leaks bank executive account information during US Super Bowl

In the latest round of attacks, Hacktivist group Anonymous claims to have leaked the names, addresses and other personal information on around 4,000 bank executives.

Prepaid cards and how Iceland in the winter can aid innovation

Ann Cairns, president, International Markets, MasterCard Worldwide discusses helping governments digitize benefit payments and strategies employed by MasterCard Labs for innovative development.

Anonymous members jailed over cyber attacks

A British student has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for his part in a series of DDoS attacks carried out by the Anonymous collective against major firms, including PayPal.

Telefónica brings mobile P2P and NFC payments to Germany

Cash will soon be consigned to the history books, predicts Telefónica's German arm as it prepares to roll out mobile person-to-person and NFC payment services.

Swedbank pilots mobile couponing in cashless utopia Uppsala

Swedbank is piloting the use of mobile couponing with merchants in Uppsala, the country's fourth-largest city which is bidding to eradicate cash as part of a local crime-fighting initiative.

New free press foundation helps WikiLeaks to subvert banking blockade

A new foundation dedicated to promoting media transparency and fighting censorship is to support WikiLeaks in its efforts to subvert a two-year block on payments by Visa and MasterCard.

Bank cards on buses will save Londoners time and money - MasterCard

As Londoners begin paying for bus journeys using their contactless bank cards this week, MasterCard claims that by ditching their Oyster cards commuters could save a day's worth of queuing every year.

Are Oyster's days numbered on London public transport?

Shashi Verma, director of customer experience at Transport for London and Marion King, president of MasterCard UK and Ireland discuss the future of Oyster and the launch of contactless acceptance for London's transport network.

MasterCard launches rePower cash-to-emoney service in the UK

MasterCard has launched its rePower service, which lets people convert their cash into electronic money on a pre-paid account, in the UK.

Student convicted over Anonymous PayPal attack

A British student has been convicted for his part in a series of DDoS attacks carried out by the Anonymous collective against major firms, including PayPal.