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Company announcement/retail

Mastercard‘s Web3 music accelerator drops five new singles as NFTs

Mastercard’s Web3 music program, The Mastercard Artist Accelerator, culminates with a showcase later this month.

25 July 2023

Company announcement/payments

Mastercard introduces automated receivables for virtual cards

Today, Mastercard announces the launch of Mastercard Receivables Manager, a new, automated solution that streamlines the way businesses accept and process virtual card payments.

24 July 2023

News/payments

Block sues Visa and Mastercard over interchange fees

Block is suing Mastercard and Visa over the interchange and other fees imposed by the duopoly on the Square payments platform.

18 July 2023

Company announcement/payments

Mastercard inks deal with UAE's Nirvana Travel and Tourism

Mastercard and Nirvana Travel and Tourism – one of the UAE’s leading travel and tourism management company – have joined forces in an exclusive collaboration aimed at providing a unique payment solution to customers who book travel services in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan.

14 July 2023

Event/devops

On-Demand Webinar - Generative AI: Managing unreliability in financial services

What are the key challenges for financial institutions aiming to deploy AI tools in customer facing positions? How can institutions reduce risks associated to AI unreliability?

Speakers from: Mastercard, Scotiabank, boost.ai

13 July 2023 764

Company announcement/payments

Mastercard, Virta and Worldpay team on card payments for EV charging stations

Today, Virta and Mastercard announced the launch of the new Virta Payment Kiosk solution, setting safety and reliability standards for unmanned outdoor card payment solutions for EV charging.

10 July 2023

News/crime

Mastercard AI tool helps UK banks take on real-time payment scams

Mastercard is tapping into its AI capabilities to help a host of UK banks predict and prevent real-time payment scams.

06 July 2023

News/payments

Mastercard launches subscription control tool

Mastercard has partnered Subaio on a tool that helps people easily identify and unsubscribe from subscriptions.

29 June 2023

News/crypto

Mastercard pilots tokenized bank deposits

Mastercard has unveiled the latest step in its exploration of digital assets and blockchain technology, a ‘Multi-Token Network’ (MTN) that will act as a testbed for developing live pilots – beginning with tokenised bank deposits.

29 June 2023

Finextra TV/payments

Analysing Regional Initiatives & Relevance of FIs in Cross-Border CBDC Interoperability

Paul Ruggieri, SVP, Product Management, Real Time Payments, Mastercard, speaks at EBAday 2023 about the current state of cross-border interoperability. Through bilateral agreements and multilateral platforms, we gain an understanding of what's in it for the financial institutions and how FIs can stay relevant in a multilateral cross-border CBDC future.

29 June 2023

Finextra TV/payments

Trends in Payments Technology and the Future of Bill Payments

Paul Walvik-Joynt, SVP, Commercialization, Mastercard Bill Pay, speaks at EBAday 2023 about key takeaways from the event, innovations in facilitating bill payments and the importance of creating the best possible experience for consumers and businesses.

23 June 2023

Company announcement/payments

Mastercard expands Engage partner network to boost blockchain innovation

As our world continues to embrace new and emerging payments technology such as crypto, Mastercard is introducing a new track as part of its global Engage partner network to allow businesses to quickly launch and scale products that power the Web3 economy.

22 June 2023