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Mastercard and Visa eye $1bn deal for Brazil's Pismo - Bloomberg

Mastercard and Visa are among the suitors in talks to buy Brazilian cloud-native core banking and payments platform Pismo for around $1 billion, according to Bloomberg.

30 March 2023

Company announcement/cloud

Finaro, Mastercard, Northmill, and NMI to bring Cloud Commerce to Nordic merchants

Finaro, the global cross-border payment provider and fully licensed bank, has today announced its European Cloud Commerce deployment with payments technology company Mastercard, Nordic neobank and POS provider, Northmill, and leading full commerce enablement technology company, NMI.

23 March 2023

Company announcement/payments

Mastercard expands Engage partner network

The Mastercard Engage partner network helps connect customers with technology partners to build innovative guest checkout and point-of-sale solutions that deliver consumer choice

21 March 2023

News/crypto

Australian startup Stables to issue USDC to fiat Mastercard

Australian stablecoin startup Stables is to issue a Marqeta-powered Mastercard for USDC to fiat currency conversion at merchant checkouts, both instore and online.

21 March 2023

News/security

Mastercard acquires Swedish cyber-security firm Baffin Bay

Mastercard has acquired Swedish cybersecurity firm Baffin Bay as part of plans to build a multi-layered protective shield for customers across the world

20 March 2023

News/payments

Judge upholds $5.6bn interchange settlement

A US federal appeals court has upheld a $5.6 billion antitrust class-action settlement between 12 million retailers and Visa and Mastercard over interchange fees.

17 March 2023

Company announcement/payments

PXP Financial, Mastercard and Payall team on cross-border payments

PXP Financial, an expert in acquiring and payment processing services, has today announced a new collaboration with global technology company Mastercard and payments infrastructure provider Payall, to deliver safe, compliant and efficient cross-border payments and international money transfers.

17 March 2023

Company announcement/payments

Mastercard partners e& Egypt on digital wallet

Last week e& group and Mastercard announced a region wide strategic partnership. Building on this strategic partnership, today Etisalat by e& Egypt, a leading tech-telco operator, has partnered with Mastercard to redefine digital experience and commerce for its e-wallet, Etisalat Cash, for customers across Egypt.

17 March 2023

News/identity

Mastercard certified as digital ID provider in the UK

Mastercard has been certified under the United Kingdom’s Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF) as an identity provider.

16 March 2023

Company announcement/payments

Checkout.com to power instant money transfers in Asia Pacific with Mastercrd Send

Checkout.com, the global payments solutions provider, and Mastercard today announced that they will make Mastercard Send™ available to more Checkout.com customers in the Asia Pacific region, starting in Australia and Hong Kong SAR later this year.

15 March 2023

Company announcement/payments

Mastercard's Dynamic Yield increases personalisation with 'Element'

Dynamic Yield, a Mastercard company, today unveiled Element, an exclusive suite of Mastercard applications and extensions integrated into Dynamic Yield’s Experience OS.

15 March 2023

Company announcement/payments

Astra Tech obtains Mastercard principal membership license

Astra Tech’s PayBy, a Central Bank-UAE licensed Fintech offering a variety of financial technology services, has achieved a significant milestone in the MENA region fintech space by becoming one of the first fintech player to obtain a Mastercard principal membership license.

14 March 2023