Mastercard announced that Caroline Louveaux is the company’s new chief privacy officer, overseeing a global team responsible for the company’s privacy strategy. “Just as our cardholders trust that the transaction will go through whenever they tap or dip their card, they trust that their information...
Mastercard and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announced Thursday (April 26) that they have updated a $250 million global risk-sharing facility in an effort to expand access to electronic payments in emerging markets. In a press release, Mastercard said that updating the...
Mastercard has filed a patent that reveals it might utilize blockchain as a way to protect identity data. The application, which was originally filed in September 2017 and was released by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last week, describes how a semi-private or private...
Tomorrow, April 13, signing a receipt at the end of a Mastercard credit or debit transaction at the physical POS will become a relic of payments history. Mastercard first announced its plan to go sans signature six months ago. It’s a change that’s long overdue for many consumers. Consumers like Karen Webster,...
Mastercard’s Co-President of Asia-Pacific Ari Sarker said the payment company would happily look into facilitating the use of digital currencies that are issued by central banks around the world. In an interview with The Financial Times, Sarker said Mastercard would be willing to facilitate if the coin...
As chief innovation officer Garry Lyons prepares to leave Mastercard, the company has announced that its physical and digital payments teams will be integrating into one organization. The structure change becomes effective on April 2, 2018. Lyons, who will depart the company on June 1...
Mastercard and MegaFon have introduced two joint initiatives that will allow subscribers to link their mobile phone accounts to Apple Pay or Samsung Pay through the creation of a virtual Mastercard card. The partnership, which was announced at Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, will...
Mastercard has announced that, care of Facebook Messenger, it will be able to provide small businesses in Africa and Asia with an affordable and easy on-ramp for accepting mobile payments. Announced at Mobile World Congress, the new experience will get its first road test in...
Mastercard, the payment company, announced a series of digital payment initiatives on Tuesday (Feb. 27) aimed at different segments of the market. In a press release, Mastercard said that as of March 19, Mastercard’s Qkr! with Masterpass will be available at all U.K. Pizza Hut locations. With the...
