Fintech Finance

JULY 30, 2024

In a significant move towards enhancing digital financial inclusion, Salaam Somali Bank , in collaboration with Mastercard , has announced the launch of a digital-first co-branded multi-currency prepaid card designed to revolutionize digital payment solutions. Together, we are not just adapting to the future; we are defining it.”

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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Kuady , the leading payments service processor, for Latin America, has today announced the launch of the Kuady Card, an innovative virtual prepaid Mastercard now available to users in Peru. The new card is designed to provide a secure, flexible, and convenient way for users in the region to make payments.

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Fintech News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Singapore-based fintech company FOMO Pay has partnered with Mastercard to debut FOMO SoftPOS, a new Tap on Phone payment solution. This enables businesses to process contactless card payments directly on their smartphones via the FOMO Pay app, available on the Google Play Store.

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Fintech News

APRIL 21, 2024

Payments giant Mastercard has launched a new mobile app that allows virtual commercial cards to be added directly to digital wallets, enhancing contactless payment solutions for businesses. said Chad Wallace, Global Head of Commercial Solutions, Mastercard.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 2, 2024

Leading financial services business Cardstream has announced its partnership with Mastercard to roll out its new Click to Pay service to Cardstream customers globally. Mastercard has already seen checkout times reduce by 50% whilst producing increased acceptance rates by up to an estimated 3%.

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Payments Source

APRIL 29, 2020

Fears of catching coronavirus during the payment process has given a sharp boost in usage and awareness of contactless payments since the pandemic began, according to a new survey from Mastercard.

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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Mastercard and Amazon Payment Services have signed a multi-year commercial partnership agreement to digitize payment acceptance in Middle East and Africa, across countries including Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, South Africa and UAE.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Conventional payment cards require embedding a separate copper wire antenna in the card with various material layers, including inlay foils. These layers and the copper wire antenna that spans the entire card make it almost impossible to easily recycle conventional contactless payment cards.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

New Africa Technology (NAT) , a fintech company based in Senegal, joins forces with Mastercard to introduce a virtual and physical prepaid card for individuals through NAT’s existing digital wallet solution, ‘’Flash’’. This collaboration aims to transform the payment landscape in Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, and Benin.

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NFCW

JULY 3, 2024

OPEN PAYMENT: Venice public transport users can use contactless cards to pay for their fares Visitors to Venice can now use a contactless debit or credit card to pay for fares on any of the city’s public transportation services, including water buses, speedboats, motorboats, ferries, buses and trams.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2019

Commuters in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington can now add a digital Hop Fastpass card to their iPhone or Apple Watch, thanks to an alliance between Mastercard and Apple. According to Mastercard, since TriMet did that, Portland has been able to eliminate 210,000 daily car trips and saved more than $150 million in congestion expenses.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Stanbic Bank Kenya and Mastercard have partnered to introduce two new world class credit cards to the Bank’s affluent clients across the region. The Mastercard World Elite Metal credit card will provide access to premier services and exclusive benefits, immersing clients in unparalleled luxury and elegance.”

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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

KaiOS , the leading operating system that brings the best of the internet to affordable devices, today announced a partnership with Mastercard to integrate a range of digital payments solutions. KaiOS and Mastercard are partnering to help millions of SMEs globally accept digital payments using KaiOS devices.

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The Nilson Report

JULY 12, 2024

The post VezoPay Launches Africa’s First Smart Ring for Contactless Payments appeared first on Nilson Report.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

Mastercard has applied new quantum-resistant technologies in order to develop a new kind of contactless payment, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. The new Enhanced Contactless (Ecos) specifications will come along with the demand for more efficient, safer products overall, the release stated.

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The Paypers

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Mastercard has announced its partnership with Beep in order to provide contactless payments to public transportation in the region of the Philippines.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2021

Contactless payments have surged in popularity over the past year, fueled by both an increased reliance on digital banking as well as the effort to contain COVID-19’s spread by preventing consumers and workers from having to touch point of sale (POS) system surfaces or handle cash. Challenges In Deploying QR Codes.

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 18, 2024

Mastercard announced a new mobile virtual card app that enables virtual commercial cards to be seamlessly added to digital wallets. The innovative app is designed to offer financial institutions more choice in how they deliver the secure and sustainable contactless payment solutions that companies increasingly expect.

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Payments Source

MAY 28, 2020

About 78% of Mastercard’s European transactions are now contactless, and the company expects the shift in payment choice will be permanent.

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Payments Source

JULY 26, 2016

Mastercard has announced a partnership with Singapore’s mass-transit agency, Land Transport Authority (LTA), for a contactless payment pilot, marking the first example in Asia of a transit system enabling open-loop payments, Mastercard said.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2018

19) that it is supplying Intesa Sanpaolo, the Italian bank, with what it said is the first Mastercard biometric contactless payment card. In a press release , Gemalto said it will test an EMV contactless biometric card for Europe via a pilot program backed by Intesa Sanpaolo and Mastercard.

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NFCW

DECEMBER 1, 2023

SMART RING: Customers can connect their payment card to the ring to make contactless payments Nearly nine in 10 European consumers using a contactless payment ring say that it is their preferred method for making contactless payments (89%) compared with smartphone payments (49%) and payment cards (44%), according to a Mastercard survey.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Mastercard, the global payments company, and Polish Payment Standard, the operator of BLIK, a Polish mobile payment system and scheme, announced Monday (Dec. BLIK is taking advantage of Mastercard virtual debit cards tokenized by the Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES) to make it happen.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 22, 2024

Australian stablecoin payment startup, Stables , announced its expansion into Europe today with their stablecoin virtual card, in partnership with Mastercard. Our collaboration with Mastercard has streamlined the crypto spending experience, blending familiarity with innovation.

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The Paypers

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has partnered with Mastercard to launch the new QIB SoftPOS app that turns an Android smartphone into a POS terminal for contactless payments.

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The Paypers

MARCH 22, 2024

India-based Airtel Payments Bank has announced its partnership with Noise and Mastercard in order to launch a smartwatch with contactless payments.

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The Paypers

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Mastercard has announced a partnership with OTP Bank and US-based fintech Honeywell to provide contactless payment options for its DPD customers.

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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. Then comes Mastercard, with 24%.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2018

Wirecard and Mastercard announced plans to expand their existing partnership to promote digital, contactless payments via wearables. The firms said additional projects are in the works that will make mobile payments available via smartwatch.

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Payments Source

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

In the push to get millions of cash-based micro- and small-business merchants to go digital, the two largest card networks are getting a boost from contactless payments' global surge.

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The Paypers

MAY 25, 2020

Mastercard has reported a 200% surge in India’s contactless payments over the last 30 days, due to the pandemic’s restrictions.

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The Fintech Times

JULY 3, 2024

Cardstream , a financial services provider, has partnered with payments giant Mastercard , to leverage its new ‘Click to Pay’ service to Cardstream customers across the globe. It says it expects Click to Pay to become as ubiquitous as contactless payments. This is another way we are doing this.”

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Payments Source

MARCH 25, 2020

Mastercard is part of an expanding trend toward easing restrictions to entice consumers to choose contactless payments over cash and plastic during the coronavirus.

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The Paypers

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Mastercard has partnered UAE-based noqodi to allow consumers to make contactless payments for select government and private sector services.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2021

Infineon Technologies , which works as a semiconductor manufacturer, is doing away with employee identification cards at its Germany headquarters and instead implementing a new smart card solution that combines office building access and Mastercard contactless payments capabilities, according to a FinTech Intel report.

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FICO

APRIL 13, 2022

The pandemic payments trade-off . Contactless payments have rocketed as the risk of spreading disease by touching money and payment terminals saw the world's consumers adopt a 'no-touch', socially distanced approach to transacting. For consumers, contactless payments have given them convenience, ease and security.

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Payments Source

JANUARY 31, 2018

Mastercard knows the more time consumers spend on their mobile devices—often deliberately blocking ads—the less likely they are to see its iconic “Priceless” ads, even if those ads support a charitable cause.

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