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Mercedes transforms car into payment device

Mercedes-Benz is joining forces with Mastercard to introduce embedded in-car payments at the point of sale.

25 September 2023

Company announcement/payments

Bluefin announces Mastercard click-to-pay integration

Bluefin, the leader in encryption and tokenization technologies that help businesses protect sensitive information every time they get paid, today announced the integration of Mastercard Click to Pay to provide additional seamless checkout options for merchants and their customers.

22 September 2023

News/payments

Mastercard and Saxo Bank team up for open banking account feature

Mastercard and Saxo Bank have announced a partnership to facilitate open banking payments into customer’s investment accounts.

19 September 2023

News/payments

Paysend and Visa bolster global payments partnership

Paysend and Visa today announced a five-year extension to their existing global money movement arrangement through Visa Direct.

15 September 2023

Company announcement/payments

Mastercard and Paysend collaborate to enhance cross-border payments for SMEs

Mastercard and Paysend, a UK-based fintech, have today expanded their collaboration to enhance cross-border payments for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which are increasingly looking for ways to send money or pay vendors across the globe quickly and securely.

12 September 2023

Company announcement/inclusion

Mastercard and Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance team on financial inclusion

Mastercard has joined forces with the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF), a renowned training and development organization, to drive financial inclusion in Bahrain and the wider region.

11 September 2023

Company announcement/payments

Mastercard and Fintech Saudi sign MoU

Mastercard and Fintech Saudi have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding during Seamless Saudi Arabia 2023 to advance the growth and development of the Saudi Arabia fintech industry.

06 September 2023

Company announcement/security

Mastercard rolls out card tokenization for guest checkout transactions

Mastercard today announced the launch of ALT ID solution for guest checkout transactions.

04 September 2023

News/payments

Visa and Mastercard plan credit card fee increases - WSJ

Mastercard and Visa are preparing to raise credit card fees in a move that could cost merchants an extra half a billion dollars a year, according to the Wall Street Journal.

31 August 2023

Company announcement/payments

IDEX Biometrics gets Mastercard certification

IDEX Biometrics has successfully completed the full Mastercard certification and received Conformity Compliance Statement (CCS) for its IDEX Biometrics Payment Card solution.

30 August 2023

Company announcement/inclusion

Mastercard and Ingiz collaborate to boost financial literacy and inclusion among Egypt's youth

Mastercard has announced a strategic partnership with Ingiz, a family financial management start-up in Egypt supported by Masria Digital Payments, to launch a cutting-edge digital payments application designed to drive financial literacy and inclusion among Egypt’s youth.

29 August 2023

News/payments

BMO launches mobile wallet for virtual cards

BMO Commercial Bank has joined forces with Mastercard and Extend to give clients the power to create and push virtual cards to their employees' mobile wallets.

29 August 2023