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The Fintech Times
MARCH 19, 2025
ICBA Payments , the payments-services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), has forged a new partnership with payments giant Mastercard to offer enhanced card and payment services for 1,400 community banks. Together, we are paving the way for stronger local economies and enduring customer relationships.
Fintech Finance
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Mastercard today announced its vision to transform online shopping by 2030. Imagine a future where no physical card numbers are needed for purchases. In doing so, Mastercard seeks to ensure that every online transaction across its network can be tokenized and authenticated, making online checkout smoother and safer.
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Payments Dive
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
While both Mastercard and Visa will be impacted by Discover Financial Services’ plan to be acquired by card issuer Capital One, the former is likely to bear the brunt of the blow.
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Payments Dive
MARCH 15, 2023
As bank card issuers faltered this past weekend, the card networks monitored payments closely, Visa and Mastercard executives said at a conference.
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Payments Dive
MAY 31, 2024
The card issuer joins its tech and payments peers in integrating crypto into the traditional financial system.
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Fintech News
MARCH 24, 2025
According to a request for product form sent to card issuers and seen by CoinDesk, the company is exploring ways to embed Visa capabilities directly into the wallet. World Network is also in discussions with Rain, a crypto card provider backed by Coinbase and Circle.
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Payments Dive
JULY 22, 2024
Still, cardholders may have been affected, particularly in Europe, as some bank card issuers were hit by the cybersecurity company’s update snafu.
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Fintech Finance
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
Yuno , a leading global payment orchestrator, announces that Mastercard’s Click to Pay at checkout is now available to all Yuno clients. According to Mastercard research , nearly two-thirds of shoppers still struggle through manually entering their card details, with 25% of carts abandoned because checkout is too complex or slow.
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Payments Source
OCTOBER 1, 2019
Mastercard has developed a service called Threat Scan to help card issuers get ahead of fraudsters by running scans on their card authorization systems based on the latest evolving global card scams.
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PYMNTS
OCTOBER 12, 2020
It’s that rapidly shifting environment that drove Mastercard and Marqeta last week to announce a deeper global collaboration. Mastercard will be making an as-yet undisclosed investment in Marqeta and will, according to Haymond, help expedite Marqeta’s international expansion by streamlining its global network certification process. “The
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NFCW
DECEMBER 13, 2023
At launch the Wallet Express program supports digital wallets including Garmin Pay , Xiaomi Pay and Amazfit and has partnered with Samsung to enable more European banks and card issuers to offer Samsung Wallet to customers with Galaxy mobile and wearable devices. “By
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Fintech Finance
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
“We are thrilled to see that Torus is really enabling banks and fintechs to optimise the way they deal with Visa and Mastercard fees and gain double or even triple digit profitability improvement. Launched in 2021, Vilnius-based Torus offers a SaaS intelligence platform to help banks improve their card transaction profitability.
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Finextra
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Samsung is joining Mastercard's new Wallet Express programme, making it easier for banks and card issuers in the UK to offer their customers the electronic giant's own multi-faceted mobile wallet offering.
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The Payments Association
OCTOBER 28, 2024
The card scheme Click to Pay mandate underscores this evolution, making it mandatory for issuers to adopt a more streamlined, card-on-file experience that prioritises security and user convenience. Emphasising speed, adaptability, and customer experience is key to staying competitive.
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The Payments Association
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Managing fraud cases has been a top challenge for card issuers, according to recent studies. Rising operations and outsourcing costs and burgeoning fraud recovery caseloads make it especially challenging for issuers to meet chargeback deadlines and avoid cardholder write-offs.
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Finovate
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Blackhawk Network (BHN) is transitioning Mastercard’s open-loop prepaid products from plastic to paper-based materials, aligning with Mastercard’s goal to eliminate PVC plastics from payment cards by 2028. Today’s collaboration follows a similar partnership with Visa that was formed in 2023.
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The Fintech Times
MARCH 1, 2024
Payments giant Mastercard has launched its new ‘Open Banking for Account Opening’ programme for select US debit and prepaid products, hoping to streamline and secure account opening. In a recent study, Insider Intelligence found that Gen Z mobile banking adoption continues to rise by 12.4 million in 2020 to 47.8 million by 2026.
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The Fintech Times
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Paytech, NovoPayment has received a Mastercard certification, as part of the Mastercard Network Enablement Partner programme, to switch and process Mastercard transactions in Mexico. Prior to Mexico, NovoPayment has received certifications in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela as card issuer processors.
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Finovate
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Credit union credit card issuer Collabria Financial Services has teamed up with digital identity verification fintech Trulioo. The Canada-based card issuer will leverage Trulioo to streamline the verification process for new cardholders.
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PYMNTS
AUGUST 5, 2020
Mastercard is rolling out a new “business intelligence” platform that will provide research and analysis on the payments sector in Europe. Mastercard on Wednesday (Aug. The platform is currently available to card issuers in Europe, with plans to roll out beyond the continent soon, according to Mastercard.
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Fintech Finance
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Ahead of the Singapore FinTech Festival, Mastercard today introduced Mastercard Pay Local, a global service that makes it easy for consumers to make card payments to merchants using local digital wallets. Card issuers can deliver more points of acceptance for the consumers they serve.
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PYMNTS
JULY 20, 2020
small and medium-sized business (SMB)-focused bank Tide said it has a new relationship with Mastercard that makes Tide one of the card company’s principal issuers, Finextra reported Monday (July 20). Under the multi-year arrangement, Tide will settle funds directly with Mastercard.
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PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
A new Mastercard initiative aims to improve online transaction clarity so that customers can know exactly who they purchased from, according to a press release Tuesday (Sept. With greater digital dependency, having real-time purchase details is critical for consumers, merchants and card issuers alike,” he said, according to the release. “We
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Stax
DECEMBER 9, 2024
It’s possible for cardholders to get a chargeback approved from either their bank or the credit card processing company (e.g. Visa or Mastercard) without having to come face to face with the merchant. Chargeback Process When a cardholder disputes a credit card payment, the chargeback process is set in motion.
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Fi911
AUGUST 7, 2024
Mastercard chargeback reason codes consist of a series of identifiers utilized to categorize various chargeback circumstances, which represent the disagreements raised by cardholders against merchants. Prominent card networks, including Visa and Mastercard, maintain their own unique sets of these codes.
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PYMNTS
OCTOBER 20, 2016
On Wednesday, November 2nd at 1:00 PM (EST) join ecommerce advisors James Rendell, CA Technologies ; Paul Baker, Mastercard ; and Karen Webster, Market Platform Dynamics for a live digital discussion surrounding 3D Secure 2.0. Paul Baker joined Mastercard in June 2005. But, what are the choices and consequences of migration?
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Clearly Payments
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
The role of the BIN extends beyond simply identifying the card issuer; it affects various aspects of the payment process: Transaction Routing : When a customer makes a purchase using a card, the payment processor uses the BIN to route the transaction to the right financial institution. Why is the BIN Important in Payments?
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Payments Dive
AUGUST 8, 2022
While card issuers are bracing for economic headwinds, consumer spending has continued to rise recently, including for apparel, jewelry and travel.
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Payments Source
APRIL 3, 2019
Samsung Electronics France is partnering with French card issuer Prepaid Financial Services to allow its line of PCS Mastercard prepaid cards to be loaded onto the Samsung Pay wallet.
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Clearly Payments
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
At the forefront of payment industry, particularly in credit cards, are two giants: Visa and Mastercard. As the world’s leading payment networks , Visa and Mastercard play a pivotal role in shaping the landscape of electronic payments on a global scale. UnionPay has 32% of the global credit card market.
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Fintech Finance
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Issuer processing powerhouse Enfuce today announces the expansion of its E2 card to the UK, France and Germany, in collaboration with Mastercard. Offering debit and credit PANs in one card, E2 bolsters the company’s track record of delivering cutting-edge products that benefit both card issuers and customers.
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The Fintech Times
JANUARY 12, 2025
. “Building on our real-time cross-border payments network spanning over 220 markets, our ability to issue virtual cards across four of the worlds leading payment schemes Visa , Mastercard , UATP , and now Discover gives our customers unparalleled global access, so they can scale their businesses seamlessly across borders and industries.”
The Paypers
MAY 26, 2022
Global payments processor and card issuer Mastercard and ecommerce payments service provider HyperPay have announced a partnership to expand digital payments in the MENA region.
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Payments Source
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
Sri Lanka-based Bank of Ceylon (BOC) is expanding its relationship with Mastercard by adopting Mastercard Integrated, a configurable payments processing platform introduced last year in Asia enabling card issuers and acquirers to tailor the features of a broad range of payment products.
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PYMNTS
JANUARY 21, 2020
Payments processing and digital banking tech firm i2c has partnered with business payment services provider CashFlows to benefit payment card issuers across Europe, i2c announced on Tuesday (Jan. payments companies to be accepted as a principal member of both Visa and Mastercard , its website indicates.
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PYMNTS
JANUARY 22, 2020
Payments processing and digital banking tech firm i2c has partnered with business payment services provider CashFlows to benefit payment card issuers across Europe, i2c announced on Wednesday (Jan. payments companies to be accepted as a principal member of both Visa and Mastercard , its website indicates.
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CB Insights
JUNE 7, 2021
The company is backed by VCs including Spark Capital, Lone Pine Capital, and Granite Ventures, as well as corporates like Goldman Sachs, Mastercard, and Visa. . in transactions processed through US issuers in 2020, according to a Nilson Report estimate. . Visa and Mastercard have both entered the crypto space this year.
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PYMNTS
MARCH 12, 2019
Mastercard announced Tuesday (March 12) that it has inked a deal to acquire Ethoca , a global provider of technology to identify and resolve fraud in digital commerce. In a press release , Mastercard said Ethoca enables merchants and card issuers to collaborate in real time to fight digital commerce fraud.
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The Paypers
MAY 19, 2022
Global payment processor and card issuer Mastercard has announced it launched a new Biometric Checkout programme in the UAE.
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The Fintech Times
JUNE 13, 2024
Sometimes this is the merchant’s fault, however, a mistyped payment card by the consumer can also cause frustration. One solution to this is tokenisation, and Mastercard , the payments giant has expressed it believes this is the way forward for e-commerce. So much so, by 2030, it aims 100 per cent e-commerce tokenisation.
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Stax
MARCH 13, 2025
Every time a customer makes a payment with a credit or debit card, the merchants acquiring bank pays a fee to the customers card issuing bank. Although these fees go to the issuing bank, the rates are set by card networks like Discover, American Express, Visa , and Mastercard. For example, a card issuer might charge 1.5%
88 PYMNTS
MARCH 13, 2019
In other words, friction with a dash of intelligence mixed into the process can cut down on fraud, which helps, well, everybody in the commerce ecosystem — from consumers to issuers to merchants. Given the trio of acquisitions mentioned, Gerber noted that Mastercard will have a presence in and insight into the continuum of commerce.
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The Paypers
MARCH 1, 2022
Global payment processors and card issuers Visa and Mastercard have blocked multiple Russian financial institutions from their network, in compliance with the US government sanctions imposed over the ongoing war in Ukraine.
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Stax
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Interchange is the fee that credit card companies like Visa and Mastercard charge businesses to accept their cards. In this article, we will break down credit card interchange fees so you will know exactly how much you’re spending when running your business. CPS/Card Not Present, Debit Exempt: 1.65% + $0.15
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