Ethoca has relaunched and revamped its purchase transparency product for consumers, renaming the enhanced solution Consumer Clarity™, according to a press release. Formerly named Eliminator, Consumer Clarity™ gives consumers detailed information regarding their purchases, including itemized digital receipts, merchant names, embedded brand logos, contact information...
Mastercard has unveiled the Strivers Initiative consumer-facing platform, which elevates the visibility of Black female business owners overcoming obstacles to maintain and expand their companies as role models for the community and generations to come. The program will launch with a national ad spot showcasing...
Mastercard has debuted a new service to boost transparency for users’ purchases online, a press release says. The payments company’s service, delivered via Ethoca, will give customers more details on their purchases like the merchant’s name, logo and location of the purchase. Merchants have been...
Mastercard has applied new quantum-resistant technologies in order to develop a new kind of contactless payment, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. The new Enhanced Contactless (Ecos) specifications will come along with the demand for more efficient, safer products overall, the release stated....
U.K. shoppers could see higher prices for European Union purchases due to a planned increase in Mastercard fees, the Financial Times reported on Monday (Jan. 25). The fee hike won’t benefit Mastercard, but will go to British banks and other card issuers. If companies pass the...
A U.K. high court class action lawsuit brought by 46 million consumers could cost Mastercard £14 billion now that a court decision has allowed the case to go forward, the Financial Times reported on Friday (Dec. 11). Following a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court,...
Blackhawk Network, a global branded payments provider, has rolled out its Giving Good Prepaid Mastercard with a release that encompasses five choices that benefit charitable organizations, according to a Tuesday (Dec. 8) announcement. The collection of prepaid cards offers reward choices for B2B recipients, such...
Mastercard is investigating the website Pornhub.com after a withering New York Times column alleged it hosts videos of children and adults being sexually assaulted, Reuters reported. Visa later announced it was also investigating Pornhub over the charges, and if they are found to be true, Pornhub “will...
Mastercard, in its just-released Mastercard Economics Institute’s Economy 2021 report titled “The E-Conomy is Here to Stay,” looks at the past year’s economic trends in order to see what’s coming next for businesses, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. The Economy 2021 study...
