March 02, 2017
Mastercard, Unilever Give Emerging Market SMEs A Boost
Mastercard and Unilever have paired up to help small businesses in emerging markets. The companies said Wednesday (March 1) that their collaboration will yield several initiatives to help small- and...
February 06, 2017
Walmart Rethinks, Amazon Dominates And Mastercard Wins
The big game is over, and football is done for another year. And while it was a great game — particularly the part where the Patriots edged out the Falcons...
January 31, 2017
MasterCard 4Q Revenue Down, Cross Border Volumes Up 13%
Shares of global payments processor Mastercard were down roughly 2.8 percent in midday trading on Tuesday (Jan. 31), as the company beat earnings estimated in the December 2016 quarter but...
October 31, 2016
Mastercard’s 3Q Shows Masterful Masterpass
In the latest earnings report showing that consumers are still happy to use their cards and spend (election be darned), Mastercard’s latest results were above the Street. And, nicely so,...
September 12, 2016
The PayPal Recipe
PayPal is showing boldness and creativity in both the method and the ingredients with which it is creating its global platform. Visa and Mastercard are the most recent additions to...
September 06, 2016
PayPal And Mastercard Announce New Strategic Partnership
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Mastercard and PayPal have inked a strategic partnership similar to the one that PayPal and Visa inked earlier this year. As part of...
July 29, 2016
Mastercard CEO On PayPal ‘Talks’ And VocaLink Buy
Could a thaw in the Mastercard/PayPal relationship be coming down the pike? If Mastercard management’s commentary about the payments giant’s latest results are any indication, it’s too early for spring, but green...
July 28, 2016
Mastercard Q2 Earnings Brush Past EPS Estimates On Transaction Growth
Mastercard results topped expectations, with a bounce in the top and bottom lines that came as transactions were up 14 percent year over year. The company’s net income came in...
May 02, 2016
MasterCard’s Board To Add One New Name
Last week, MasterCard announced some proposed changes coming to its board of directors. The company said its board has nominated Oki Matsumoto for election as an independent director at the...