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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

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

News/crypto

Mastercard to end Binance crypto-to-fiat card partnership

Mastercard and Binance are to end their partnership using four crypto card programmes in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Bahrain by the 22nd September this year.

25 August 2023

News/devops

Mastercard launches AI centre in UAE to bolster Middle East growth

Mastercard has partnered with the UAE government to advance AI capabilities and development in the Middle East. Along with the partnership Mastercard has established a global Centre for Advanced AI and Cyber Technology in Dubai to accelerate generative AI research.

25 August 2023

Company announcement/payments

International card networks link with Alipay for Asian Games

International card networks, including Visa, Mastercard, JCB, Discover Global Network, are launching a major campaign with Alipay, the leading digital payment and lifestyle service platform in China, to further enhance international visitors’ mobile payment and travel experience in the country on the 30-day countdown to the Asian Games.

24 August 2023

Company announcement/payments

UAE-based Qashio partners Mastercard on corporate credit cards

Mastercard, a global technology company, is partnering with UAE-founded spend management fintech company Qashio to launch corporate credit cards, while enabling them with virtual issuance capabilities across the region.

21 August 2023

News/payments

Mastercard launches CBDC partner programme

Mastercard has put together a central bank digital currency partner programme comprised of firms from across the ecosystem, including Ripple and Consensys.

18 August 2023

Company announcement/security

Riskified reports Mastercard partnership

Riskified (NYSE:RSKD), a leader in ecommerce fraud and risk intelligence, today announced an enhanced partnership with global payments leader Mastercard, that will improve the ability of businesses across the globe to grow online revenues and profit while mitigating the risk of fraud and chargebacks.

17 August 2023

Company announcement/inclusion

Mastercard launches Strive India

Mastercard today announced the launch of Mastercard Strive India, which will bring together an existing body of philanthropic work and take it forward, aiming to enable 5,00,000 small businesses to succeed in the digital economy by 2025.

15 August 2023