Mastercard

2005 results about this entity

Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 23 Apr 2025

Contactless iPhone: Hype or harbinger of things to come?

With the hype building ahead of Apple's widely expected step into contactless payments through the upcoming iPhone 5, IDC Financial Insights analyst Aaron McPherson has moved to dampen over-excited expectations.

UK police arrest five over WikiLeaks-related Anonymous Web attacks

UK police have arrested five people in connection with the recent spate of DDoS attacks on Web sites belonging to Mastercard, Visa and PayPal, among others, in support of the WikiLeaks cause.

Barclaycard and Everything Everywhere to launch contactless m-payments

Barclaycard and network operator Everything Everywhere are set to launch the UK's first commercial contactless mobile phone payments system this summer.

MasterCard and Telefónica team on Latin America mobile money JV

MasterCard has formed a joint venture with telco giant Telefónica to bring mobile phone-based financial services to 12 Latin American countries.

MasterCard hires Orange m-payments exec

MasterCard has nabbed Orange payments chief Mung Ki Woo to head up its mobile payments and commerce initiatives, according to NFC Times.

Visa and MasterCard shares slide as Fed calls for debit card fees cut

Shares in Visa and MasterCard tumbled yesterday after the Federal Reserve Board proposed a 12 cent per transaction cap on debit card interchange fees.

Canadian competition watchdog targets Visa and MasterCard

Canada's Competition Bureau has taken aim at Visa and MasterCard, accusing the firms of "anti-competitive" credit card rules that hurt merchants and customers.

WikiLeaks day five: Moneybookers feels the wrath of hacktivists

Online payments company Moneybookers has become the latest firm to feel the wrath of Anonymous, the loose collective of hackers supporting the WikiLeaks cause, after its Web site was downed briefly by a denial of service attack Friday morning.

MasterCard pays £290m for Travelex pre-paid card unit

MasterCard has acquired the pre-paid Card Program Management operations of Travelex for £290 million in cash.

WikiLeaks: Visa.com latest Operation Payback victim

Visa.com has become the latest victim of a group of activists calling themselves Anonymous who have taken down the site as retaliation for the card company's decision to cut off payments to whistle-blowing outfit WikiLeaks.

MasterCard explains their rewards loyalty card

Michelle Geraghty of MasterCard talks on rewards and the card network's new service with Poste Italiane.

WikiLeaks: US lobbied Russia for MasterCard and Visa

US officials lobbied Russia this year on behalf of MasterCard and Visa over concerns that planned legislation for a national payment card system would "disadvantage" American businesses, according to a cable released by WikiLeaks.