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Mastercard invests in Hello Alice

Hello Alice, a platform connecting small businesses to capital, connections and opportunities, has closed a Series C funding round joined by QED Ventures and Mastercard.

04 April 2024

Finextra TV/payments

Nexi and Mastercard team up to advance Open Banking Payments across Europe

Speaking together at MPE 2024, Martin Pitcock, Chief Marketing Officer, Ecommerce, Nexi Group, & Katharina Luschnik, Vice President, Product Sales Open Banking, Mastercard, talk about their strategic partnership across Europe to support Open Banking account-based payments, and facilitate e-commerce payments across Nexi's gateways serving merchants. We learn more about the benefits of Open Banking for merchants and consumers, why convenience is so critical to the customer at the point of check-out, and how the partnership between MasterCard and Nexi is improving the overall customer journey.

27 March 2024

News/payments

Visa and Mastercard reach $30bn interchange fee settlement with merchants

After nearly 20 years of litigation, Visa and Mastercard have reached a settlement with US merchants lowering and capping credit card interchange rates in a deal that could save the merchants $30 billion over five years.

26 March 2024

News/security

Worldpay partners Mastercard to fight payment fraud

Worldpay is set to offer Mastercard’s Ethoca Alerts to its one million merchants worldwide, helping them resolve transaction disputes faster and with fewer chargebacks.

26 March 2024

Company announcement/payments

ING and Mastercard smooth online shopping experience

ING and Mastercard partner to make payments easier and safer for consumers when shopping online through Click to Play, a simple and intuitive way of paying. Click to Pay is now available on ING´s app and website in Spain and will be rolled out in other European countries later this year.

21 March 2024

Company announcement/security

Network International and Mastercard expand AI-powered Brighterion solution

Network International, the leading enabler of digital commerce across the Middle East and Africa, has extended the benefits of Mastercard’s Brighterion fraud prevention solution, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), to over 60,000 merchants. The two partners are leveraging the cutting-edge technology to protect and grow the payments industry by providing transaction fraud screening and merchant monitoring services to merchant acquirers and businesses.

20 March 2024

Finextra TV/payments

Customer experience in the mobility vertical

Speaking at MPE 2024 in Berlin, Kilian Thalhammer, Global Head of Merchant Solutions, Cash Management, Corporate Bank, Deutsche Bank, and David Klemm, Vice President Merchants & Commerce, Central Europe, Mastercard, discuss the role of financial service providers in the evolving landscape of e-mobility, covering topics such as the digitisation of transit systems, examples of mobility solutions, the partnerships driving change in a complex ecosystem, and the changing payment needs of corporates.

20 March 2024

Company announcement

Mastercard makes new connection to Alipay

Mastercard continues to expand its cross-border payment solutions with a new connection to Alipay, China’s leading digital open platform under Ant Group.

19 March 2024

News/payments

Mastercard launches open banking-powered subscription management tool

Mastercard has launched an open banking-powered subscriptions management tool that banks can plug into their apps.

13 March 2024

Company announcement/people

Mastercard appoints Jon Huntsman vice chairman and president, strategic growth

Mastercard today announced Jon Huntsman will join as Vice Chairman and President, Strategic Growth, effective April 15. The former U.S. Ambassador and Governor will lead efforts focused on expanding commercial partnerships with governments and public sector institutions along with driving the company’s inclusive growth, philanthropy and sustainability agenda.

11 March 2024

Company announcement/inclusion

South Africa's Sava and Mastercard partner to support small, medium, and micro enterprises

Mastercard and Johannesburg-based fintech company SAVA have announced a partnership that will support small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMMEs) through innovative payments technology and infrastructure.

11 March 2024

Company announcement/payments

Nexi selects Mastercard as open banking account-based payment partner

Nexi, the leading PayTech in Europe, has chosen Mastercard as its strategic partner across Europe to support open banking account-based payments. Through this partnership, Mastercard Open Banking will facilitate e-commerce payments across Nexi’s gateways serving merchants across Europe.

11 March 2024