Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The faster refund capability is available to the vast majority of UK shoppers using Mastercard and Visa cards when making purchases at participating retailers, including HMV. This helps to close the gap between consumer expectations and merchant capabilities.

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Fintech News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) has partnered with Mastercard and Malaysian fintech Soft Space to launch the ‘Effortless Payment Processing’ campaign. Merchants will be able to accept payments from various sources, including Mastercard and Visa credit and debit cards, mobile wallets, and QR payments.

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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. Together, we are not just adapting to the future; we are defining it.”

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The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

To address these issues, Mastercard has joined Buna, the cross-border payment system operated by the Arab Regional Payments Clearing and Settlement Organisation (ARPCSO), owned by the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF). How does this partnership help Mastercard scheme participants work within the heavily fragmented MENA region?

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Cross-Border Payments Cross-Border Visa Participant 69

The Fintech Times

JANUARY 13, 2025

The research , done in partnership with payments provider, Mastercard , found that without clear terms as approved suppliers, firms lack financial protection and legal recourse. Rebecca Meeker , senior vice president, B2B partnerships, Mastercard comments: Suppliers want visibility and transparency as to how they are getting paid.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Businesses and consumers paying into and out of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region will benefit from faster, cheaper and more transparent cross-border payments through a first-of-its-kind public-private collaboration between Mastercard and the Arab Regional Payment System, Buna.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Mastercard is expanding its US Installments experience at checkout to provide consumers with more choice in how they pay through Mastercard Installment Payment Services. Participating merchants will be able to provide access to millions of pre-approved offers by connecting to the API-based platform.

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Visa Issuers Payment APIs and Integration Point-of-Sale (POS) 98

Tearsheet

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Mastercard recently expanded collaboration with The Clearing House (TCH), with the shared goal of propelling the adoption of instant payments. Mastercard’s collaboration with TCH dates back to 2017 when TCH introduced the RTP network, with Mastercard as the exclusive software provider for the network.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Mastercard is marking National Women’s Small Business Month by furthering its support of the female-founded impact investment platform CNote with an infusion of $20 million, the company announced Friday (Oct. A partnership model also invites cross-pollination between FinTechs and the Mastercard matrix. .

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 23, 2025

New research from payments juggernaut Mastercard has revealed that cyberattacks are becoming ever more present in the financial world and small and medium businesses (SMEs) need to be prepared as this trend doesn’t show any signs of slowing down.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Mastercard has teamed with portable-benefits platform Stride to make it easier for gig workers to buy healthcare coverage. Jess Turner, Mastercard’s executive vice president for North America Products and Innovation, tells PYMNTS the venture is just one part of the firm’s push to help gig workers get benefits. The tie-up will give U.S.

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The Payments Association

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Trudenty, a startup tackling first-party and authorised push payment (APP) fraud through collaborative, privacy-preserving data-sharing technology, is proud to announce its participation in Mastercards award-winning Start Path program.

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The Payments Association

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Trudenty, a startup tackling first-party and Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud through collaborative, privacy-preserving data-sharing technology, is proud to announce its participation in Mastercards award-winning Start Path program.

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Visa Fraud Prevention Privacy Crime 88

Fintech Finance

JUNE 17, 2024

Mastercard and Thought Machine , a cloud-native banking technology company, are advancing their partnership to deliver high-quality payments and core banking (critical back-end technology for product and account management and the customer ledger) capabilities to financial institutions looking to modernise their technology stack.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 9, 2024

NOW Money , one of the leading inclusive digital payroll and banking platform for migrant workers, today announced its new strategic partnership with Mastercard , a global technology company in the payments industry. Convenient Digital Payments: Integration of the Mastercard with the NOW Money app allows for seamless financial management.

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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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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Ahead of the Singapore FinTech Festival, Mastercard today introduced Mastercard Pay Local, a global service that makes it easy for consumers to make card payments to merchants using local digital wallets. Businesses that would like to learn more about Mastercard Pay Local should visit the information page and fill out the form.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Paysend and Mastercard have partnered to launch Paysend Libre in Mexico in a move to drive financial inclusion in a region where the majority of the population is still underbanked or unbanked. Based on a virtual Paysend Mastercard, Paysend Libre is a revolutionary way to receive remittances that is simple to use, convenient, and secure.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

PYMNTS’ recent Making Real-Time Payments a Reality: Rising Demand for Real-Time Payments report, a collaboration with Mastercard, found that two-thirds of corporate survey respondents said they are either “very” or “extremely” aware of real-time payments – and even more are interested in using the functionality.

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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Mastercard is proud to announce its title sponsorship of the 2024 Interbank Golf Tournament, in collaboration with the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA). Officially titled Interbank Golf Tournament 2024 – Presented by Mastercard , the prestigious event will kick off on 20 September at the renowned Royal Nairobi Golf Club.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 12, 2024

Datapro , a leading provider of core banking systems and digital solutions, recently collaborated with Mastercard to expand the integration of Mastercard Cross-Border Services, a solution within the Mastercard Move portfolio of money transfer solutions.

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Cross-Border Payments Cross-Border Visa Payment APIs and Integration 98

Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Mastercard , a global leader in payments technology, has collaborated with Entreprenelle , a social and business development organization that supports, connects and trains women entrepreneurs. Together, we are creating opportunities for women to not only participate in the economy but to lead and innovate within it.”

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Mastercard has launched Bill Qkr to help merchants, acquirers, payment facilitators (PayFacs) and service providers (PSPs) grow into new markets and unlock new opportunities. It offers flexible, cost-effective, and efficient options for participating customers.

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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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

Mastercard and digital personal finance company SoFi have teamed up on a suite of products and experiences to benefit SoFi’s nearly one million customers, the companies announced in a release. The partnership starts with the SoFi Money debit card, an offering that will exist exclusively on the Mastercard network.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2017

20), Mastercard announced news that it will be opening up access to its blockchain technology through its developer’s API. Mastercard is not the only firm delving into blockchain. The Mastercard technology ensures that payment details are shared only between transaction participants, said the company. On Friday (Oct.

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Blockchain Visa B2B Payment APIs and Integration 84

Payments Dive

JULY 27, 2023

While Mastercard participates in real-time payment systems in other countries, it’s holding back for now on the new U.S. instant payments network.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Brex has announced that it is partnering with Mastercard to issue the World Elite Mastercard for Business, offering an enhanced rewards structure and expanded suite of travel benefits. The San Francisco-based company also participated in the Y Combinator Winter 2017 batch. The card will be issued by Emigrant Savings Bank.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

To that end, Mastercard said Monday (Jan. Nili Klenoff , senior vice president, acceptance solutions at Mastercard, told PYMNTS that the pilot is based on three dynamics in the consumer marketplace. It’s an investment that Mastercard has been making in the ecosystem for over a decade. then it makes sense to move to the cloud.

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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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Visa Digital Payments Financial Inclusion Online and Mobile Banking 97

PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2019

Mastercard , the payments company, said late last week that it is still committed to operating in China. In a press release , Mastercard said that it is making every effort to secure the license to access the domestic Chinese market and confirmed it is in active talks with different solutions.

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Fintech News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The ninth edition of the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) wrapped up on 8th November, concluding a dynamic week-long of celebration of fintech that brought together tens of thousands of participants from around the world. The year’s conference featured an impressive lineup of over 900 speakers across more than 400 sessions.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 12, 2025

With Qatar quickly expanding its influence and ambitions to become a global hub for commerce and technology, payments giant Mastercard is aiming to bolster the fintech ecosystem in the country. In December 2024, Mastercard also completed its acquisition of Recorded Future , in a move to bolster its cybersecurity services offerings.“It

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Fintech Finance

MAY 9, 2024

A leading multinational bank, Access Bank Group , has today launched an innovative solution in collaboration with Mastercard to expand access to cross-border payments and remittances to and from the continent, bringing Africa closer to the global economy.

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Cross-Border Payments Cross-Border Visa Financial Inclusion 98

PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

To enable greater efficiency and quicker access to working capital for buyers and suppliers, Mastercard has unveiled the rollout of the Track TM Business Payment Service in the U.S. ” The Track Business Payment Service allows suppliers and buyers to handle their payments in a more efficient manner, per the company.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 22, 2024

Mastercard and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) have announced a collaboration to fuel the growth of the booming small and medium enterprise (SME) sector in Abu Dhabi and the wider UAE by digitalizing SME payment flows. The partnership will empower SMEs to meet their growth potential through Mastercard’s technologies and resources.

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Finovate

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The round also featured participation from Google’s Africa Investment Fund, Verod Capital, and Lightrock. Sub-Saharan Africa Stanbic Bank Kenya, in partnership with Mastercard , has launched a pair of new credit cards designed to serve the institution’s affluent customers.

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