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Mastercard Explores Divestiture of Nets Real-Time Payments Unit

Mastercard Explores Divestiture of Nets Real-Time Payments Unit
Mastercard Explores Divestiture of Nets Real-Time Payments Unit
March 27, 2026  |  Mastercard

Mastercard is reportedly looking to divest much of the real-time payments business it acquired from Denmark’s Nets Group in 2019, marking a significant strategic pivot...

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Virtual Cards Target Europe’s Business Payments Bottleneck
Virtual Cards Target Europe’s Business Payments Bottleneck
March 11, 2026  |  B2B Payments

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Mastercard and Santander Complete EU’s First Agentic Payment
Mastercard and Santander Complete EU’s First Agentic Payment
March 02, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Mastercard and Santander completed Europe’s first live end-to-end payment using an artificial intelligence agent, according to a Monday (March 2) news release. Get the Full...

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Worldline Scales One Commerce Across Europe to Support Cross-Border Sales
Worldline Scales One Commerce Across Europe to Support Cross-Border Sales
February 20, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

Payment services provider Worldline is preparing to expand the availability of its new omnichannel retail platform across Europe. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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EU Banking Chief Calls for Visa and Mastercard Alternatives
EU Banking Chief Calls for Visa and Mastercard Alternatives
February 09, 2026  |  Europe

Is Europe too reliant on international payments companies such as Visa and Mastercard? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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ECB’s Cipollone: Digital Euro to Anchor Europe’s Retail Payment Infrastructure
ECB’s Cipollone: Digital Euro to Anchor Europe’s Retail Payment Infrastructure
January 29, 2026  |  Digital Payments

European payments sovereignty moved back to the top of the policy agenda Thursday (Jan. 29) as European Central Bank (ECB) Executive Board Member Piero Cipollone...

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Procure Ai Raises $13 Million to Expand Procurement Automation Solutions in Europe
Procure Ai Raises $13 Million to Expand Procurement Automation Solutions in Europe
November 26, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Procure Ai has secured $13 million in a seed round to expand its engineering organization, strengthen its go-to-market teams and enter more European countries. Get...

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KKR to Buy Up to $75 Billion of PayPal’s BNPL Loan Receivables in Europe
KKR to Buy Up to $75 Billion of PayPal’s BNPL Loan Receivables in Europe
November 17, 2025  |  BNPL

PayPal Holdings and global investment firm KKR renewed their agreement in which KKR’s credit funds and accounts purchase PayPal’s European buy now, pay later (BNPL)...

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