January 16, 2020
Commuters In India Will Soon Need Only One Transport Payment...
Metro authorities in India are planning to launch automatic fare collection (AFC) gates that will work with the country’s National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) that was introduced in March by...
January 14, 2020
Top News In Payments: China Finalizing Laws For Digital-Only Banking;...
In today’s top payments news, China is finalizing its rules for online-only banks, Mastercard names Raj Seshadri as its new president of data and services and Visa buys FinTech startup...
January 14, 2020
Mastercard Names Raj Seshadri President Of Data And Services
Retail in recent years has become a very data-intensive industry. In his keynote address to the National Retail Federation (NRF) earlier this week, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the industry...
December 30, 2019
Payment Rail Innovation Tops B2B’s Year Of Disruption
This year, B2B payments technology made strides toward speed, transparency and efficiency as service providers took advantage of a massive market opportunity: corporates’ payment demands are growing more sophisticated, yet...
November 04, 2019
Commercial Cards, B2B Payments Get A Lift During Earnings Season
Earnings results showed continued uptake in commercial card issuance and use, here and abroad, as WEX, Mastercard and Visa reported earnings and strong B2B growth. Separately, Brex and Mastercard said...
October 29, 2019
Mastercard Sees 17 Pct X-Border Volume Growth; B2B A Key...
Mastercard posted results Tuesday (Oct. 29) that showed continued traction in new payment flows, especially B2B, core debit and credit spending. In terms of headline statistics, the firm reported adjusted...
September 02, 2019
What 10 Top CEOs Said About Payments This Summer
There was no shortage of things to watch this summer for payments and commerce peeps. Contactless launched in New York City, retail earnings season was an ongoing rollercoaster, Facebook decided...
July 30, 2019
Mastercard CEO Notes Strong Growth In Cross-Border, Tourism Volumes
Mastercard posted results on Tuesday (July 30) that showed continued strength in consumer spending, with tailwinds coming from international transactions and cross-border volumes. In terms of headline numbers, the company...
May 01, 2019
Mastercard: X-Border Volume Up Mid-Teens In 2019
Mastercard’s results continued a string of double-digit gains in transaction count, growth in card count and, of particular note, continued traction in cross-border activity. In terms of headline numbers, the...