The Payments Association

MARCH 19, 2025

Early 2000s The turn of the millennium saw the rise of tech companies attempting to break into new ground in the digital payments and e-commerce space, with PayPal at the forefront. The fintech pioneered the first phase of digital payments, enabling secure online transactions and laying the groundwork for future wallet technologies.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 30, 2024

In a significant move towards enhancing digital financial inclusion, Salaam Somali Bank , in collaboration with Mastercard , has announced the launch of a digital-first co-branded multi-currency prepaid card designed to revolutionize digital payment solutions.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 21, 2025

MuchBetter offers a wide variety of digital payment services including a digital wallet and payments gateway, wearables including keyrings, watches, jewellery, and the MuchBetter prepaid Mastercard.

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Contactless Payments Visa Payment Gateways Volume 97

Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Mastercard and Amazon Payment Services have signed a multi-year commercial partnership agreement to digitize payment acceptance in Middle East and Africa, across countries including Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, South Africa and UAE.

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Visa Payment Service Provider (PSP) Digital Payments Gateways 110

Clearly Payments

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The payment processing market in the United States has demonstrated robust growth, driven by rising consumer demand for digital payments, advancements in financial technology, and the expansion of e-commerce. The Number of Payment Processors in the USA The U.S. This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the U.S.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Premier Bank , in collaboration with Mastercard and Tappy Technologies , has launched Tap2Pay, making Premier Bank the first Somali Bank in Africa to launch tokenized-passive payment wearables. Tokenization is at the heart of the next generation of secure, contactless payments.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

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.

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Visa Technology Point-of-Sale (POS) Contactless Payments 124

Fintech Finance

JUNE 5, 2025

To pay in-store, customers simply double-click the side button, authenticate and hold their iPhone or Apple Watch near a payment terminal to make a contactless payment. Apple Pay is accepted in grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants, coffee shops, retail stores and many more places that accept contactless payments.

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Fintech Finance

JUNE 25, 2024

In a disruptive move, the ring is available for free, provided customers load it with €100 through the MuchBetter digital wallet app to spend as and when they wish, challenging companies currently selling the same product for upwards of €100. Despite the growing popularity of contactless payment, Italy’s cash usage remains high.

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Fintech News

APRIL 21, 2024

Payments giant Mastercard has launched a new mobile app that allows virtual commercial cards to be added directly to digital wallets, enhancing contactless payment solutions for businesses. said Chad Wallace, Global Head of Commercial Solutions, Mastercard.

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Visa Reconciliation Contactless Payments Commercial Card 113

The Fintech Times

APRIL 8, 2025

MuchBetter , the wearable paytech, offers a wide variety of digital payment services, including a digital wallet and payments gateway, as well as wearable payment solutions such as keyrings, watches, and jewellery. The ring requires no charging and works independently of a smartphone.

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Contactless Payments Payments Payment Gateways CHIPS 66

The Paypers

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Mastercard has announced the launch of contactless payment solutions in Nigeria, aiming to drive digital payment transformation in the region.

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Contactless Payments Payment Solutions Visa Payments 61

Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

KaiOS , the leading operating system that brings the best of the internet to affordable devices, today announced a partnership with Mastercard to integrate a range of digital payments solutions. This, in turn, makes it harder for these businesses to meaningfully participate in the digital economy and limits inclusive growth.

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Visa Economy Digital Payments Enrollments 97

Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Premier Bank , a leading Islamic financial institution in Kenya, has announced a collaboration with Mastercard to introduce an innovative suite of Shari’ah-compliant debit, credit, and prepaid cards. We are excited to embark on this transformative journey with Mastercard.

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Visa Payment Solutions Debit Card Contactless Payments 98

The Paypers

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Mastercard has partnered UAE-based noqodi to allow consumers to make contactless payments for select government and private sector services.

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Visa Contactless Payments Digital Payments Government 72

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

EE , which is part of BT Group , is partnering with Square to help expand the availability of contactless payments for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the U.K., SMBs are adapting to new digital or contactless payment methods to avoid spreading the coronavirus during the pandemic, according to the release.

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Fintech News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Singapore-based fintech company FOMO Pay has partnered with Mastercard to debut FOMO SoftPOS, a new Tap on Phone payment solution. This enables businesses to process contactless card payments directly on their smartphones via the FOMO Pay app, available on the Google Play Store.

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Contactless Payments Visa Financial Inclusion Payments 109

PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

Though the great consumer shift to digital is often seen as a side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, that’s not entirely accurate, Mike Cowen , Mastercard ’s head of digital payments for the U.K., For a certain segment of the consumer and merchant population, that digital shift was already well underway pre-COVID.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Conventional payment cards require embedding a separate copper wire antenna in the card with various material layers, including inlay foils. These layers and the copper wire antenna that spans the entire card make it almost impossible to easily recycle conventional contactless payment cards.

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Contactless Payments Technology Wire Wires 98

Clearly Payments

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

At the forefront of payment industry, particularly in credit cards, are two giants: Visa and Mastercard. As the world’s leading payment networks , Visa and Mastercard play a pivotal role in shaping the landscape of electronic payments on a global scale. Then comes Mastercard, with 24%.

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Visa Payments Payment Networks Online and Mobile Banking 105

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

30), Mastercard announced a new virtual card offering for corporate clients that aims to address this pain point, as more remotely-working employees require mobile-friendly ways to make payments on behalf of their organizations. You start to see cardholders expecting to be able to pay digitally," he said. "It On Monday (Nov.

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Visa Security Contactless Payments On-Demand 84

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

New payment rails are once again in the spotlight as real-time payments and cryptocurrency emerge as the top focuses for innovators. In this week’s look at payment rails innovation, the European Union begins paving the way for greater crypto adoption, while Mastercard expands its own crypto accelerator initiative.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

For the launch, Samsung is linking up with Mastercard and FinTech Curve. With the ability to sync multiple loyalty and bank cards in one place, the Samsung Pay Card powered by Curve, will offer customers a true digital wallet experience, all through the convenience of their mobile device,” the electronics company said in its announcement. “Now

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Visa Debit Card Contactless Payments Origination 93

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Mastercard, the global payments company, and Polish Payment Standard, the operator of BLIK, a Polish mobile payment system and scheme, announced Monday (Dec. BLIK is taking advantage of Mastercard virtual debit cards tokenized by the Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES) to make it happen.

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Contactless Payments Visa Debit Card Cross-Border 49

Clearly Payments

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) Overview : Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are digital forms of a country’s national currency, issued and regulated by the central bank. and Europe, cash payments are projected to decline 7% annually as contactless payments become more popular.

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Clearly Payments

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Card Networks Companies like Visa, Mastercard, and American Express ( credit card networks ) that set processing rules and fees. Mobile Payments and Contactless Transactions Consumer payment preferences are shifting: 72% of consumers now prefer digital payments over cash.

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Small Business Process Address Verification System (AVS) Cross-Border 66

Fintech News

JUNE 25, 2024

This collaboration introduces a versatile solution enabling businesses to accept Tap-to-Pay and QR payments directly on NFC-enabled Android devices. The app supports major card schemes like Visa and Mastercard, along with popular digital wallets such as PayNow, GrabPay, Alipay, and WeChat Pay.

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Point-of-Sale (POS) Contactless Payments Payments On-Demand 122

Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Mastercard leads the charge in transforming the payment landscape in Nigeria as it unveils its contactless payment solutions. The solution will empower businesses to accept card payments easily and cost effectively, using “tap on phone”, “QR Pay by link” and “Payment link” on their smart phones.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Digital banking and payment processing firm i2c has partnered with Purewrist , a FinTech working in end-to-end contactless payment solutions and wearables, according to a press release. They're more likely to use digital payments and have been choosing where to shop based on what digital payments options are available.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

Keeping up with customers’ shifting behaviors and preferences amid changing regulations is a familiar challenge for today’s small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), but the pandemic’s impact on the scale of digital payments has steepened the learning curve for these merchants. Fifty percent of U.S. Fifty percent of U.S.

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Regulations Digital Payments Contactless Payments Online and Mobile Banking 64

Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The third edition of Mastercards SME Confidence Index reveals that small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Egypt are embracing digital payments and data-driven solutions to support their growth, enhance operational efficiency and financial resilience.

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Financial Inclusion Digital Payments Visa Payments 59

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2020

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. A total of 74 percent of new U.S.

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Economy Visa Contactless Payments Continuity 71

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Mastercard has announced the list of startup companies chosen to participate in its Mastercard Start Path program, a group the company is calling its “most diverse class” ever. Mastercard revealed the list in a recent announcement, including startups that span a range of verticals. 15, 2018.

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Visa Payment APIs and Integration Contactless Payments NOV 58

PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

The Minneapolis-based company has partnered with Mastercard to offer consumers access to their funds through their Branch Mastercard debit cards by adding it to mobile wallets, including Apple Pay, from the Branch mobile app. . Most respondents, 82 percent, view contactless as the cleaner way to pay.

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Mobile Payments Contactless Payments Debit Card Visa 79

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

American Express’ Eva Wang told PYMNTS that “contactless payment options are increasingly expected by guests, and it’s paramount for restaurants to design an end-to-end touchless experience wherever possible — from QR code-scanned menus to handheld [point-of-sale] devices for ordering and finally tap-and-go for contactless payments.”.

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Contactless Payments Consumer Innovation Digital Payments 110

Payments Source

APRIL 29, 2020

Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga says he is certain that science, medicine and innovation will lead the world out of the coronavirus pandemic, but there is little indication of when that will happen.

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Visa Innovation Credit Cards Contactless Payments 82

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2016

The age of interconnected devices may be dawning, if Mastercard has anything to say about it. Mastercard is unveiling an artificial intelligence bot platform that will let users monitor and control their financial lives through social media. Mastercard is also announcing a partnership with FitPay Inc.

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