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B2B Payments
MasterCard Sets Rules To Help Smaller Businesses
March 19, 2014

MasterCard said it was changing U.S. rules to provide greater transparency for smaller merchants.

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Picking Sides In PIN Debit EMV Routing
March 17, 2014

MasterCard issuers will be able to choose and advance network relationships, and merchants will be able to continue to route transaction as desired without needing making significant technological upgrades, under a recent deal Fiserv Inc. struck with the card brand. Fiserv is making MasterCard’s U.S....

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MasterCard Deal Brings Banking Products To Youth And Children
March 17, 2014

MasterCard has launched a published guide to help children and youth understand and manage their finances. The guide “Banking a New Generation: Developing Responsible Retail Banking Products for Children and Youth” is designed to help financial institutions, nongovernment organizations, and governments to provide banking and...

Alternative Finances
Inside MasterCard’s C-SAM Acquisition
March 10, 2014

MasterCard today took a strong move to push out mobile-wallet technology faster globally, including its own MasterPass digital service, with the announced planned acquisition of long-time partner C-SAM, whose platform supports not just payments but also customer-specific offers, loyalty incentives, banking, bill-pay options and nonfinancial...

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Social-Media Talk Turns Positive For mPayments
March 10, 2014

Consumer sentiment regarding mobile payments has improved “drastically,” as social media conversations have moved to discussions over which options should be used and which are most secure, according to a new MasterCard report. In its second annual global Mobile Payments Study, conducted with PRIME Research,...

Financial Inclusion
MasterCard Expands Acceptance Areas In Africa
March 10, 2014

04 March 2014 MasterCard has announced that it has expanded to seven new markets in Africa. The development raises the number of African markets that accept MasterCard to 48, the company said in a March 4 press release. MasterCard products and services are now accepted in...

Acquiring
MasterCard Acquires Turkey-Based Processor Provus
January 06, 2014

MasterCard has acquired Provus, an independent payment processor based in Turkey, the payment card network announced. Neither MasterCard nor Provus disclosed the terms of the sale. Founded in 2001, Provus is based in Istanbul. The acquisition is designed to strengthen MasterCard’s presence in the region....

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MasterCard To Distribute PayAnywhere mPOS
December 18, 2013

PayAnywhere and MasterCard have announced a new partnership that will see MasterCard distribute a branded, co-branded or white-label solution of PayAnywhere’s mPOS solutions to help small business owners (SMBs) reduce friction at the checkout, a December 19 press release revealed. As part of the deal,...

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Optimal Payments Nabs MasterCard, Vantiv Agreements
December 06, 2012

Optimal Payments and MasterCard have announced a five-year deal that will help grow the Net + Prepaid MasterCard program in Europe, reports Finextra. Optimal Payments has also reached a processing agreement with Vantiv to offer an online payments solution in the U.S., as The Paypers...