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B2B Payments
MasterCard, Newgen Push Better B2B Payments In Asia Pacific
October 21, 2014

Newgen Software and MasterCard are working today to support faster and more secure B2B payments throughout Asia Pacific. The joint service from the pair “will help enterprise customers digitize their Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash processes, offering them efficient and seamless payments processing and reducing overall costs....

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Fighting Digital Attacks, MasterCard Style
October 03, 2014

MasterCard Thursday (Oct. 2) announced the launch of SafetyNet, which it said was a preemptive security system “to identify potential attacks before they start and in some cases before the bank or processor is even aware.” The card brand said SafetyNet “is complementary to the...

Can Apple Drive Enough Q4 Spending?
September 25, 2014

The biggest surprise in August’s retail sales numbers was actually of no surprise to Sarah Quinlan, SVP of MasterCard’s Market Insights. Quinlan’s read of those tea leaves all along pointed to continued spending. Yet Quinlan told MPD CEO Karen Webster that she’s not as convinced...

Innovation
Smile! MasterCard Toys With Mobile Facial Recognition For Payments
September 22, 2014

MasterCard is labeling “successful” a biometrics payments trial (facial plus voice) where more than 14,000 transactions were confirmed in a closed iOS and Android pilot using only MasterCard employees, according to a Computerworld report. An employee-only trial would ostensibly solely be a test of the...

MasterCard Forecasts Future of Biometric Payments
September 19, 2014

In the wake of the launch of Apple Pay, MasterCard announced that it recently held a closed pilot to understand the consumer experience around voice and facial recognition, according to a company blog post by Ajay Bhalla, President, Enterprise Safety and Security at MasterCard.

So Many Rush To Embrace Apple Pay
September 10, 2014

Say what you will about Apple, but when it throws one of its product rollout parties, almost everyone wants to play. With Apple’s first official step into mobile payments Tuesday (Sept. 9) and the unveiling of Apple Pay, few in payments wanted to be excluded....

Company Spotlight
MasterCard Launches Start Path Class
September 04, 2014

MasterCard announced that it has selected the first class of 7 European start-ups to develop innovative commerce solutions as part of the inaugural MasterCard Start Path accelerator class, according to a company release.

B2B Payments
China’s DHgate Adds MasterPass For Cross-Border B2B Payments
September 04, 2014

China’s DHgate recently integrated and deployed MasterPass into its B2B eCommerce platform, becoming the first merchant in that country to go live with MasterCard’s digital-wallet service. In doing so, it has enabled a simplified online-payment process for its cross-border customers, 90 percent of whom pay...

The Financial Inclusion Game Changer
August 28, 2014

Today, MasterCard is launching a ground-breaking program in Nigeria with the cooperation of the Nigerian government. This program uniquely combines a national ID card with electronic payments. Daniel Monehin, MasterCard’s Division President for Sub-Saharan Africa, sat down with MPD CEO Karen Webster to discuss why...