November 18, 2012
Mixed Week For Remittances As Payments Industry Continues To Decline
For the second straight week, the payments industry saw a small but consistent decline across nearly all of its subsections, as the value of the industry as a whole fell...
November 15, 2012
Tweeters Take Note Of Major Issuers Events
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November 15, 2012
First ATM Transaction In Myanmar With MasterCard and CB Bank
Myanmar’s CB bank has given the country its first ATM accepting international payment cards. The first transaction on this ATM was made using a MasterCard card, after MasterCard Worldwide became...
November 14, 2012
MasterCard’s Walt Macnee: We’re Better Than Cash
We’ve spoken to numerous MasterCard executives about their company’s vision of “a world beyond cash,” and have received no shortage of intriguing responses. But perhaps the most succinct reasoning we’ve...
November 14, 2012
PayPal Takes On Middle East
PayPal is planning to double its share of Middle East and North African e-commerce and has announced several measures to foster its growth. The alternative payments giant has recently signed...
November 13, 2012
New General Manager For MasterCard France Named
Régis Folbaum has been announced as the new General Manager of MasterCard France. Mr. Folbaum was previously Associate Principal for the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Co in France....
November 13, 2012
DataCash Chosen By Into The Blue For Payment Processing
DataCash’s payment processing and fraud screening solution has been chosen by British gifting company Into the Blue. The MasterCard-group company offers global payment processing services in over 177 currencies. Get...
November 13, 2012
MasterCard Certifies Inside Secure NFC Applet
French provider of semiconductor solutions for secure transactions and digital identity, INSIDE Secure, has announced that its M/Chip 4 payment applet has been certified by MasterCard. The payment applet can...
November 13, 2012
Banks vs. Start-Ups In The Mobile Wallet Race
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Embedded finance can help nonfinancial brands reach their full potential by allowing customers to transact seamlessly wherever they are, reducing the risk of cart abandonment online, says Mastercard’s Sherri Haymond. Read more in the “Embedded Finance Tracker®,” a collaboration with Galileo,
SMBs are signaling that they’re ready to modernize how they pay suppliers, but they need payment tools that fit real workflows. “Ready for Change: Why Nearly Half of SMBs Want to Ditch Cash and Checks,” a PYMNTS Intelligence and Mastercard collaboration, shows where momentum is building for business credit cards and what could unlock faster adoption.