Mastercard news and trends

Mastercard Expands APAC Digital Wallet Reach With ‘Pay Local’

November 05, 2024
How Soft-Linked Signals Are Securing the Future of Seamless Payments
Fraud Prevention // November 05, 2024

When it comes to digital commerce, payers and businesses are clear on one thing: they want checkout to be fast, safe and simple. But while clicking “pay” and moving on sounds great, in practice it’s rarely that smooth. Checkout friction — the dreaded lags, glitches...

Mastercard: Tokenized Payments Turn Make-or-Break Checkout Moments Into Sales
eCommerce // November 05, 2024

Seamless checkout is a winning mantra for retailers looking to capture sales and delight their customer bases. Customers largely expect a fast, secure and intuitive checkout process. However, hurdles remain, and a seamless checkout isn’t always as easy as click-pay-done. “Despite the shift to digital...

Mastercard and NatWest Launch Mobile Virtual Card Partnership
Partnerships // November 04, 2024

Mastercard and NatWest partnered to introduce a mobile virtual card payment tool for businesses in the United Kingdom. Approval2Buy is the first service in Europe to use Mastercard’s mobile virtual card app, according to a Tuesday (Nov. 5) news release. “New payments technology presents new...

Mastercard and PayMate Team to Strengthen EEMEA B2B Payments
B2B Payments // November 04, 2024

Mastercard has launched a partnership with business-to-business (B2B) payments company PayMate. The collaboration, announced Monday (Nov. 4), is designed to bolster digital B2B payments for companies in Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA). “The B2B payments market is projected to exceed $3 trillion in...

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Mastercard: Tokenized Payments Turn Make-or-Break Checkout Moments Into Sales

November 05, 2024
Seamless checkout is a winning mantra for retailers looking to capture sales and delight their customer bases. Customers largely expect a fast, secure and intuitive checkout process. However, hurdles remain, and a seamless checkout isn’t always as easy as click-pay-done. “Despite the shift to digital payments, barriers still exist, creating a poor experience for both […]

Optimizing Digital Transactions: A Data-Driven Approach to Increasing Approval Rates

October 28, 2024
Successful digital transactions are an essential part of business. However, that doesn’t mean that all digital payment solutions used to ensure those transactions go through are created equal. “All payment...

Visa, Amex and Mastercard Push CE 100 Index Up 0.8% on ‘Resilient’ Spending

October 21, 2024
If there’s been a consistent theme thus far during earnings season, it’s that consumer spending has proven to be resilient across any number of demographics. And as a result, for...

Three Ways Strategic Partnerships Enhance the B2B Economy

October 17, 2024
B2B payments are no longer just back-office concerns — they’re front and center for businesses looking to streamline operations and delight customers. But going it alone just isn’t an option....

Quick Reads
Mastercard Expands APAC Digital Wallet Reach With ‘Pay Local’

November 05, 2024
Mastercard debuted a service that lets consumers make card-based payments via local digital wallets. With Pay Local, Mastercard cardholders link their credit or debit cards to a participating local digital wallet to shop with merchants without needing to create or top up a prepaid account, according to a Tuesday (Nov. 5) press release. “Leading wallets […]

Mastercard and NatWest Launch Mobile Virtual Card Partnership

November 04, 2024
Mastercard and NatWest partnered to introduce a mobile virtual card payment tool for businesses in the United Kingdom. Approval2Buy is the first service in Europe to use Mastercard’s mobile virtual...

Mastercard and PayMate Team to Strengthen EEMEA B2B Payments

November 04, 2024
Mastercard has launched a partnership with business-to-business (B2B) payments company PayMate. The collaboration, announced Monday (Nov. 4), is designed to bolster digital B2B payments for companies in Eastern Europe, Middle...

Mastercard Teams With Databricks on GenAI Assistant

October 29, 2024
Mastercard has launched a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered digital assistant that is designed to simplify the customer onboarding process. This is the first application developed by Mastercard’s new in-house capability...