Mastercard has established a Tourism Innovation Hub in Spain, based in Madrid, with the support of the Spanish government, and it is slated to open in the second quarter of this year, according to a Thursday (Jan. 20) press release. The hub “will develop solutions...
Mastercard and four other companies were fined a total of £33 million ($45.01 million) for their practices involving prepaid cards, with Mastercard being hit with the biggest penalty of £31.56 million ($43.04 million), the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) said in a statement on Tuesday (Jan....
Mastercard has announced five new startups on its Start Path Crypto program, which is meant to use blockchain to solve “real world problems” around the world, a press release says. The five new startups are Ava Labs, Envel, Kash, LVL, and NiftyKey. Ava Labs works...
Western Union and Mastercard are expanding their 10-year digital partnership to deliver more choice and convenience to customers around the world making payments and cross-border money transfers. Gabriella Fitzgerald, president of the Americas Region at Western Union, said in a press release on Friday (Nov....
During Mastercard’s investor day event Wednesday (Nov. 10), the company announced its forecasted growth targets were rising and its net revenue is likely to rise in the “high-teens” percentiles from 2022 to 2024. Mastercard has also reportedly been looking at a 50% minimum annual operating margin...
Mastercard is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the TCS New York City Marathon, and is honoring the small businesses that have kept the city running for 50 years, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS on Thursday (Nov. 4). The Official Payment Services Provider...
Mastercard and Citi are expanding their relationship to grow the City Possible network by putting their collective resources to work for the good of local residents and small businesses, according to a press release on Thursday (Oct. 7). City Possible, Mastercard’s partnership and co-creation framework...
With a goal of supporting more than 5 million micro and small businesses worldwide struggling to transition to digital, Mastercard — through the Center for Inclusive Growth — on Wednesday (Sept. 22) announced the debut of Strive, a worldwide effort focused on bolstering small businesses...
Mastercard announced that Executive Chairman Ajay Banga will retire on Dec. 31, 2021, with current Lead Independent Director Merit Janow filling in as non-executive independent chair of the board, effective next Jan. 1. The move represents “a thoughtful and intentional executive transition announced in February...