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Mastercard Invests In Asia’s Pine Labs For Electronic Payment Options
January 24, 2020

In order to accelerate the use of electronic payment options in Asia, Mastercard has invested in merchant commerce platform Pine Labs, according to a press release. The two companies plan on delivering a slew of card and real-time payment options, both for in-store and online...

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Mastercard, Rockefeller Foundation Launch Online Data Platform For Non-Profits
January 24, 2020

The Rockefeller Foundation, along with the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, announced their new platform data.org today in Davos. The site will be a dynamic platform for data science partnerships committed to improve the field’s social impact. The philanthropy organizations also revealed today a $10...

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Mastercard Debuts Canadian Intelligence And Cyber Center
January 23, 2020

Mastercard has launched a new center called the Intelligence and Cyber Centre in Vancouver, Canada, focused on speeding innovation in artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity and Internet of Things (IoT), according to a release.  The Vancouver center, which will create 380 jobs, is going to be...

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Mastercard And VamosPay: Accelerating The Path Toward Financial Inclusion
January 23, 2020

In the best of partnerships, each member contributes strengths and expertise to create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. The partnership model — for example, card networks linking up with FinTechs — can bring such outsized firepower to digital innovation...

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Mastercard Names Raj Seshadri President Of Data And Services
January 14, 2020

Retail in recent years has become a very data-intensive industry. In his keynote address to the National Retail Federation (NRF) earlier this week, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the industry as a whole throws off 40 terabytes of data an hour. That’s both a tremendous...

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Using AI To Keep Issuers On The Right Side Of Credit Risk
January 13, 2020

As 2020 gets into full swing, artificial intelligence (AI) is in a peculiar position. It’s like that cool new kid everyone knows is coming to the party but has yet to show up. You can bet on its arrival during the 2020s though — at...

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Mastercard Debuts Music Single
January 07, 2020

Mastercard has released its first sonic-integrated music single, the company announced in a release  Tuesday (Jan. 7). “As experiences increasingly define the brand in the eyes of the consumer, Mastercard is designing consumer journeys that cater to the senses and reinforce the brand in new...

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Mastercard On Overcoming AI’s Bias Problem
December 19, 2019

Savor this moment — these coming weeks, the next few months, the year or two that will follow. These are the last moments before artificial intelligence (AI) really starts to have a massive impact on one’s daily life, before the world really turns to AI....

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Mastercard Pilots Digital ID Verification Program In Australia
December 11, 2019

Mastercard is launching a new digital resource that has the potential to instantly authenticate someone’s identity in a secure manner, the company said in a press release on Wednesday (Dec. 11). The pilot will roll out in Australia with Australia Post and Deakin University. Ajay Bhalla,...