Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Unzer , a provider of payment and software solutions, has selected Mastercard as its strategic open banking partner in Germany, Austria and Denmark to enhance open banking account-based payments to power e-commerce payments across Unzer’s payment gateways.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Mastercard and Fundbot , a UAE-based fintech firm specializing in supply chain financing, have announced a collaboration to accelerate business-to-business (B2B) payment flows across all industries. The two companies will launch a streamlined payments platform that seamlessly links buyers and suppliers.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Mastercard today announced its vision to transform online shopping by 2030. By 2030, Mastercard aims to eliminate the need for manual card entry and one-time or static passwords by combining tokenization, introduced ten years ago to protect sensitive personal and payment data, with biometric authentication for secure, seamless checkout.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 21, 2025

Mastercard has once again collaborated with foodpanda, a Delivery Hero-owned online food and grocery delivery platform, to boost digital payment in Pakistan and support the nations transition toward a cashless economy.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 5, 2025

Mastercard has signed a multi-year strategic agreement with Mashreq to support its launch as a digital bank in Pakistan. Our ambition is to simplify payments through fast and secure transactions, redefine service delivery that empowers financial growth, and drive innovation that creates mutual value and financial empowerment.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Global smart card technology company Biosmart has obtained the Letter of Approval (LoA) from Mastercard for its biometric payment card built on the IDEX Pay platform. Biosmart can now move to industrialized production of biometric payment cards. Biosmart is a trusted partner of leading banks in Asia, Middle East, Europe and USA.

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Payments Source

AUGUST 12, 2020

Major payment companies have long looked on at cryptocurrencies as too risky to touch, but too tempting to ignore. Mastercard's latest move signals that the card brands are ready to make a firm pitch for crypto spending.

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Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Mastercard has joined forces with Payrails , a payment technology company, to accelerate digital payment transformation and foster innovation tailored to the needs of large enterprises. At Mastercard, we work with our enterprise partners to develop and implement seamless and adaptable payment solutions.

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Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Saint James Municipal Corporation and Mastercard have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) designed to foster digitalization as a catalyst for financial inclusion in the municipality. MSMEs constitute the spinal structure of our local economy. His Worship, Mayor Richard Vernon.

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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

JANUARY 16, 2025

Starting today, PhotonPay , a digital financial infrastructure, will support Google Pay, enabling cardholders to take advantage of simple and secure contactless payments and digital card storage on both Android devices and WearOS.

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Stax

JULY 9, 2024

Physical wallets are phasing out, left behind in favor of digital wallets and other digital payment options. All you need to use a digital wallet is a smartphone. There’s no question that cashless payment systems and digital payment adoption have accelerated over the last few years.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Global payment juggernaut, Mastercard is expanding its presence in the UAE’s flexible payment and lending ecosystem as it partners with the shopping, payments and banking fintech, Tamara to launch a new virtual card.

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Digital payment token provider dtcpay has announced a strategic shift to exclusively support stablecoins for all its payment services starting in January 2025. This strategic shift reflects a growing trend in the digital payments landscape.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The UAE is committed to fostering an enabling environment for entrepreneurs and small businesses, and according to the latest Mastercard ‘SME Confidence Index’, it is succeeding, with 91 per cent of firms showing optimism about their business outlooks. Digital payments are no longer a nice to have, but rather a necessity.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 12, 2025

Over three million migrant workers living in Malaysia will now be able to remit funds to their home countries in local currencies in near real-time, following a new partnership between Instapay Technologies , the digital payment platform, and payment juggernaut, Mastercard.

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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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The Fintech Times

MARCH 28, 2025

Payments giant Mastercard is joining forces with Ethio Telecom , a telecommunications service provider in Ethiopia, in a move to enhance financial inclusion and wealth creation in East Africa. Mastercard processes payment volumes exceeding $6.5trillion annually with over three billion cards in circulation.

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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

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Mastercard announced the launch of world class technology infrastructure in Saudi Arabia that will enable the processing of ecommerce transactions locally, providing a seamless and secure payments experience for both Mastercard partners and consumers, supporting the acceleration of the Kingdom’s digital commerce.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 26, 2025

Africas digital payments economy is set to grow from strength to strength according to a Mastercard-commissioned report by Genesis Analytics stating that the digital payments economy is expected to reach $1.5 trillion by 2030.

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Fintech Finance

AUGUST 28, 2024

a fintech empowering consumers with innovative services for flexible money access, has announced a partnership with Mastercard to continue scaling payments and disbursements services in the public sector. It is an honor to partner with Mastercard, and continue driving innovation throughout the public sector,” said Stewart A.

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 8, 2025

Unipaas , the go-to embedded payments provider for SaaS platforms, has announced it is partnering with Mastercard to increase card acceptance for SMEs using vertical SaaS platforms where payments are still predominantly manual and offline. Our partnership with Mastercard is about changing that.

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The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Global payment provider, Mastercard is aiming to bring one billion people and 50 million micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) into the digital economy by 2025. Mastercard will help us take our model to the next level to create transformative value for our customers and partners while fueling our global ambitions.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Khalil, Mastercard s executive vice president and division president for East Arabia. He offers his insights on how Mastercard is leveraging technology to push the fintech envelope in Qatar and his strategic contributions to developing digital payments in the region. Ahead of the Web Summit, we caught up with J.K.

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The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Payments giant Mastercard is joining forces with Fundbot , a UAE-based fintech firm specialising in supply chain financing, to accelerate business-to-business (B2B) payment flows via a new payments platform linking buyers and suppliers.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Orange Middle East and Africa (OMEA) ( www.Orange.com ) and Mastercard have announced a strategic partnership to expand access to mobile financial services across Sub-Saharan Africa. The partnership will be rolled out in seven countries including Cameroon, Central African Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal and Sierra Leone.

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Bank Automation

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Mastercard’s Multi-Token Network team and JPMorgan’s Kinexys Digital Payments are working together to improve commercial transaction efficiency, according to a Nov. 21 Mastercard release.

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Finextra

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Mastercard has connected its Multi-Token Network (MTN) to JPMorgan's Kinexys Digital Payments rail for B2B cross-border payments settlement.

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Payments Source

AUGUST 28, 2020

Mastercard is entering the cashierless checkout fray with a spate of pilots it’s launching at convenience stores and drive-through QSRs including Circle K, Dunkin’ and White Castle.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 5, 2025

Tuum , a leading next-generation core banking provider, is proud to announce its new status as a Mastercard Digital Activity Service Provider (DASP), enabling seamless integration with Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Mastercard has announced a new virtual testing platform for Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). The testing tool comes as the global economy embraces digital payments and central banks investigate how to support innovation while maintaining financial stability as they issue the currency. In a Wednesday (Sept.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

eNovate , formerly eCards, a subsidiary of eFinance Investment Group, has joined forces with Mastercard to bring Card-as-a-Service (CaaS) solution to the Egyptian market. The CaaS model will provide banks, non-financial institutions, universities and fintechs with a comprehensive suite of digital payments services.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 23, 2025

Synchrony will partner with KnitWell Group on a private label credit card and a Mastercard powered dual-branded card for each brand. The dual-branded card will allow customers to earn rewards for purchases anywhere Mastercard is accepted.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

PayPal and Mastercard are bringing the PayPal Business Debit Mastercard to more businesses in Europe. They can spend funds kept in their PayPal accounts at more than 52 million Mastercard acceptance locations globally. The companies said in a Wednesday (Sept.

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 1, 2025

Centiglobe , a leading fintech company specializing in cross-border payment infrastructure solutions, today announces a new collaboration with Mastercard Move – Mastercard’s portfolio of global money movement solutions.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 17, 2025

This achievement underscores Paysend’s remarkable growth and solidifies its position in the cross-border payments market, which is projected to reach USD$ 60 trillion by 2030. A certified processor for Mastercard, Visa, and China UnionPay, Paysend is known for its commitment to transparency and accessibility.

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