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Mastercard swipes left on magnetic stripe cards

Mastercard is to phase out the magnetic stripe from all of is debit and credit cards, ditching an anachronistic payment method that has been redered obsolete by the emergence of chip-based cards.

17 August 2021

Company announcement/startups

Mastercard Start Path welcomes latest batch

Today the award-winning global startup engagement program Mastercard Start Path welcomes 11 fintech companies to receive dedicated support, access to customers and product teams, and opportunities to co-innovate.

12 August 2021

Company announcement/payments

EedenBull Integrates Mastercard Track

Today, EedenBull, the leading fintech specialising in B2B commercial payments technology, has announced participation in Mastercard Track™ Business Payment Service to enhance its innovative Commercial Payments as-a-service (CPaaS) solution

04 August 2021

Company announcement/people

LendKey adds Joe Proto to board

LendKey, the fintech company on a mission to make lending simpler, announced today the appointment of Joe Proto, EVP Senior Advisor at Mastercard, to its Board of Directors. Proto currently serves on LendKey’s advisory board and is Chairman for Dade Systems, a leading fintech provider of integrated accounts receivables solutions.

27 July 2021

News/startups

Mastercard launches Start Path programme for crypto and blockchain

Mastercard is launching a version of its Start Path startup programme specifically for firms in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space.

27 July 2021

News/payments

Lloyds and Mastercard aim to take A2A payments mainstream

Lloyds Commercial Banking is rolling out a new payment service which enables consumers to make payments on an organisation’s website directly from their bank account, without having to enter any payment details.

26 July 2021

News/payments

Barclaycard to make B2B payments smarter with Mastercard Track services

Barclaycard Payments has agreed to join Mastercard's multi-rail, account-to-account Track Business Payment Services operation, providing a new range of functionality for business customers.

22 July 2021

News/crypto

Mastercard simplifies card payments for crypto firms

Mastercard is using the USDC stablecoin to make it easier for people to spend their cryptocurrency with its cards.

20 July 2021

News/payments

Mastercard eases access to Faster Payments with PayPort+

Mastercard has launched a cloud-native, real-time payment gateway designed to ease access for institutions connecting to the UK's Faster Payments network.

16 July 2021

News/regulation

Mastercard barred from onboarding customers in India for breaking data storage rules

The Reserve Bank of India has told Mastercard to stop onboarding all new credit, debit and prepaid card customers in the country, accusing the firm of violating data storage rules.

14 July 2021

Company announcement/payments

Mastercard connects with Verizon to bring 5G to the payments industry

Verizon Business and Mastercard today announced a strategic partnership expected to drive transformational solutions for the global payments and commerce ecosystem.

13 July 2021

News/payments

P27 Nordic Payments secures merger approval from EU Commission

The European Commission today announced merger approval for the P27 Nordic Payments initiative to establish its pan-Nordic payments platform. This approval marks a significant milestone for the initiative which is working toward the creation of a common payments infrastructure across the Nordic region.

09 July 2021