Mastercard

2005 results about this entity

Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 23 Apr 2025

WikiLeaks: Hackers humble MasterCard; IT firm threatens to sue Visa Europe

MasterCard's Web site is offline after a suspected attack from hackers in retaliation for the card company's decision to cut off payments to whistle-blowing outfit WikiLeaks. The attacks appear to have also hit the MasterCard SecureCode service, disrupting potentially millions of online transactions.

Mobile services go down well in South America

Jürgen Wassmann, regional head, emerging payments, Latin America and the Caribbean Region and James Anderson, VP, mobile MasterCard Worldwide talk about how South America is an innovation hotspot.

Security in the chip

Dave Meadon, group head, chip solutions and engineering and Jan Lundequist, senior business leader, head of product management, chip demonstrate the new security measure in Display card and M/Chip

NFC payments service in Turkey

MasterCard, Garanti Bank, Gemalto and Turkish mobile phone provider Avea will go live with a so-called 'BeaverTail' NFC antenna-equipped SIM card mobile payment service in Turkey on Wednesday, 8 December.

Debit or credit for online purchases?

Geoff Iddison, group executive, e-commerce and mobile at MasterCard explains why consumers are turning to debit for online shopping.

A global standard for mass transit in the card

MasterCard and Transport for London talk about launching a contactless travel card in 2012 and the future for Oyster in London.

Garanti Bank rolls out first NFC payments service in Turkey

MasterCard, Garanti Bank, Gemalto, and Turkish mobile phone provider Avea will go live with a so-called 'BeaverTail' NFC antenna-equipped SIM card mobile payment service in Turkey on Wednesday, 8 December.

Visa and MasterCard cut off payments to WikiLeaks; Assange remanded in custody

The persecution of the WikiLeaks whistle-blowing Website continues, as founder Julian Assange is arrested by UK police and MasterCard and Visa join PayPal in cutting off donations to the operation.

Cornèr Bank first in the world to issue Visa CodeSure cards

Cornèr Bank of Zurich is to be the the world's first issuer of the Visa CodeSure payment card, which includes an integrated PIN pad to generate one-time-use security code for secure online payments.

McDonald's and 7-Eleven go contactless in Australia

Contactless cards acceptance in Australia has been boosted by news that Visa and MasterCard have both signed major retailers to the technology.

Amex spends $150m on CNP fraud prevention firm Accertify

American Express has agreed to pay around $150 million for Accertify, a provider of card-not-present (CNP) fraud protection technology.

MBNA and Virgin Money embark on UK contactless card roll outs

Bank of America's card unit MBNA and Virgin Money have both committed to rolling out contactless credit cards to millions of UK customers over the next two years.