Mastercard is investigating the website Pornhub.com after a withering New York Times column alleged it hosts videos of children and adults being sexually assaulted, Reuters reported. Visa later announced it was also investigating Pornhub over the charges, and if they are found to be true, Pornhub “will...
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. The Economy 2021 study...
InComm Payments and Mastercard have partnered to launch MastercardGiftCard.com, a site for customers to purchase and send digital and physical Mastercard gift cards. The website gives customers a “safe and secure” method for buying gift cards, especially prevalent amid the busy holiday season, according to...
A move to mindful shopping has American consumers favoring small, local stores and those owned by Black merchants, women and other minorities, according to the Wednesday (Nov. 17) results of a new spending survey by Mastercard. According to a Harris Poll on behalf of Mastercard...
Mastercard has added a new Account-to-Account (A2A) service to its Track Business Payment Service, to help businesses exchange data more efficiently and perform payments across multiple rails, a press release says. With the new addition to Track Business Payment Service, businesses can have greater control...
Mastercard’s City Possible™ network now serves more than 500 communities in more than 50 nations throughout the globe, according to a Tuesday (Nov. 10) announcement. Its collaboration blueprint is geared toward developing more inclusive and sustainable municipalities by providing better access to city services, building...
Mastercard has unveiled its artificial intelligence (AI)-fueled Cyber Secure tool suite, which lets banks evaluate cyber risk throughout their ecosystems and stop possible breaches from occurring, according to a Friday (Oct. 30) announcement emailed to PYMNTS. Banks can discover and rank threats and vulnerabilities across...
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. 23). The financial commitment from Mastercard and the Mastercard Impact Fund deposits the money into...
Marqeta, the high-flying card issuing platform, is getting a financial boost from a longtime business partner, Mastercard. The California-based FinTech, whose open API platform enables companies like Square, DoorDash and Instacart to issue credit and debit cards and process payments, announced Thursday (Oct. 8) that...
