What do giant jars of mayonnaise, value shoppers and EMV-compliant cards have in common? Starting in 2015 they will all be things one can find at a BJ’s wholesale club. The Massachusetts-based bulk store has inked an agreement with Alliance Data Systems Corporation and MasterCard...
There are five reasons why community banks are well prepared to serve the consumer of the future. One of them, says Margaret Shine, Group Head, Managed Services, Segment Solutions at MasterCard, is that they emerged from the financial crisis having the confidence of the consumer....
It’s not who you think. Of the 13M internet users in South Africa, the majority go online via their mobile devices. PYMNTS got the scoop from MasterCard’s Head of Emerging Payments for the Middle East and Africa, Aaron Oliver, to understand what makes the South...
Question. What’s the biggest misperception about MasterCard’s MasterPass mobile commerce platform? Answer. That it’s just a digital wallet. MPD CEO Karen Webster caught up with Vib Prasad, Group Head of MasterPass to chat about the platform strategy that underpins MasterPass, how it plans to keep...
The Russian government announced that in order for Visa and MasterCard to continue operating in the country without paying a huge security deposit, the card companies just need to do one thing: find a Russian payment system deemed “of national importance” to process their transactions....
MasterCard’s latest Card Personalization Validation module in the Collis EMV Personalization Validation Tool qualified by MasterCard, including the U.S. Common Debit AID, according to a UL release. The tool will be used to support EMV card issuers in the U.S., and specifically “checks if MasterCard...
Fifty-seven percent of MasterCard cardholders in the U.S. said they want EMV chip cards pretty much right away. The question of “What is EMV?” is being replaced by “When will I get my card?” In a recent podcast interview, MPD CEO Karen Webster asked MasterCard’s...
The SHAZAM Network announced yesterday that has teamed up with MasterCard to offer an EMV debit solution to its participants, according to a SHAZAM release. The Network expects the chip card adoption to decrease fraud and increase transaction security, and the agreement provides all Network...
Jumping into the lucrative world of in-app purchasing – where free games can make as much as $1 million per day – MasterCard will enable in-app payments for its MasterPass digital payment system beginning in early August, the company announced in recent blog post. Retailers will...
