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Google and Samsung sign up for MasterCard express tokenisation programme
September 9th, 2015
Google and Samsung are among the first mobile wallet providers to join up to MasterCard‘s newly launched Digital Enablement Express programme, which aims to speed up the process of onboarding banks and rolling out tokenised payment services. Express allows ...
Mobile payments trend is getting bigger: MasterCard to connect Europe to Samsung Pay
July 30th, 2015
Samsung has struck a deal with MasterCard to connect European card issuers to the handset manufacturer’s forthcoming mobile payments service. Under the agreement, European banks will be able to connect to the MasterCard Digital Enablement Service platform and activate ...
MasterCard will approve purchases by scanning your face
July 3rd, 2015
This fall, MasterCard will start experimenting with a new program: approving online purchases with a facial scan. At checkout, you’ll be asked to hold up your phone and snap a photo. MasterCard‘s thinking? It’s easier than remembering a password. ...
MasterCard Continues to Define the Future of Digital Payments
June 22nd, 2015
MasterCard Continues to Define the Future of Digital Payments with Tokenization Support for App, eCommerce and Recurring Payment Card-on-File Programs MasterCard Digital Enablement Service (MDES) Helps Merchants Easily Increase Security and Consumer Convenience when Storing Card Numbers MasterCard announced it ...
Biggest MasterCard Issuers Scuttled Deal on Target Data Breach
June 3rd, 2015
Citigroup, Capital One and J.P. Morgan Chase vetoed MasterCard’s deal with Target over hacked credit-card data Citigroup Inc., Capital One Financial Corp. and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. rejected a $19 million pact backed by MasterCard Inc. last month over the huge Target Corp. data breach, resulting in the settlement’s unexpected ...
Citi and MasterCard Sign New Global Agreement That Expands Relationship
March 4th, 2015
Citi to Align Majority of Consumer Proprietary Credit and Debit Portfolios to MasterCard Citigroup (NYSE: C) and MasterCard (NYSE: MA) announced today that the companies have signed a new and expanded 10-year agreement. Citi will begin aligning the company’s ...
BITCOIN NEWS IN REVIEW: MASTERCARD, MINING DIFFICULTY, SILK ROAD, AND MORE
December 9th, 2014
“For Everything Else, There’s Bitcoin” This week, payments company MasterCard argued for tighter regulations against bitcoin in Australia. According to MasterCard, “Any regulation adopted in Australia should address the anonymity that digital currency provides to each party in a ...
Cryptocurrencies combined are now worth more than Apple
April 15th, 2021
The cryptocurrency market is now worth more than the world’s most valuable company. It comes after record-breaking price climbs for three of the largest cryptocurrencies on Tuesday, just a day before the initial public offering (IPO) of one of ...
Bitcoin rises as Visa moves to approve crypto USD Coin
March 29th, 2021
Bitcoin prices climbed as much as 3% by late-morning in London on Monday following yet more news of potential mainstream financial adoption of cryptocurrencies by major players. Reuters news agency reported that Visa had said it will allow the ...
Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency gets revamp in response to backlash
April 22nd, 2020
Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency Libra will be linked to individual national currencies and overseen by global watchdogs in a scaled-back revamp it hopes will win regulatory approval. The prospect of Facebook’s 2.5 billion users adopting Libra has led to intense ...
