2001 results about this entity
Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 09 Apr 2025
News
MasterCard is partnering with the UN World Food Programme (WPF) to promote the use of smart cards for the distribution of welfare benefits such as healthcare and education credits and food vouchers in Iraq.
12 June 2013
MasterCard is to expand its PayPass footprint in Japan with a pledge to deploy 410,000 contactless terminals throughout the country over the next three years.
06 June 2013
The Chinese central bank has moved to prevent MasterCard from processing credit card payments in renminbi, according to the Financial Times.
03 June 2013
MasterCard has begun working with Chunghwa Telecom and Cathay United Bank on a mobile NFC payments service in Taiwan.
Visa and MasterCard have issued a retaliatory law-suit aginst trade associations and retailers that have rejected a $7.2 billion class action interchange settlement.
28 May 2013
Visa Europe has pledged to significantly cut its interbank fees for cross-border credit card payments and reform its rules following an anti-trust investigation by the European Commission.
14 May 2013
The Nigerian government has commenced the roll out of 13 million MasterCard-branded National Identity Smart Cards with biometric and electronic payment capability as a pilot programme.
09 May 2013
MasterCard is reporting positive results from a year-long global social media monitoring campaign, tapping into conversations across 43 markets worldwide to gain insights and drive its business strategy.
03 May 2013
German cooperative bank Dortmunder Volksbank is introducing a contactless mobile payments system that taps Telefónica's O2Wallet.
29 April 2013
Iceland's Supreme Court has ordered local card acquiring outfit Valitor to start processing payments for whistleblowing Web site WikiLeaks within 15 days or face daily fines of nearly $7000.
25 April 2013
The European Commission has launched a new antitrust probe into the inter-bank fees MasterCard charges for processing transactions.
09 April 2013
Payleven, one of several European firms hawking an app and dongle-based system for turning smartphones into card readers, has been fully authorised by the UK's Financial Services Authority as a payment institution.
27 March 2013
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