24 May 16 @ 15:24

MASTERCARD HAS entered exclusive talks to buy VocaLink, the British operator of the Faster Payments service, as it bids to capture a greater share of UK debit card payments. Sky... read more

22 Apr 16 @ 16:45

MasterCard is reported to have entered exclusive talks to buy Vocalink as it bids to capture a greater share of UK debit card payments from Visa. Sky News initially reported that the... read more

05 Apr 16 @ 15:57

MasterCard has reportedly drawn up plans for a takeover of VocaLink, the bank-owned company which handles £6 trillion-worth of payments in the UK each year. Sky News has learnt that MasterCard,... read more

07 Mar 16 @ 16:24

Visa and MasterCard brands collectively account for 86% of all European payment cards. Visa holds the largest share in Europe as a whole and in western Europe, while MasterCard has... read more

03 Mar 16 @ 16:08

MasterCard has reportedly drawn up plans for a takeover of Vocalink, the bank-owned company which handles £6tn-worth of payments in Britain each year. Sky News has learnt that MasterCard, which... read more

02 Mar 16 @ 15:15

Payments Cards and Mobile interviewed Ajay Bhalla of MasterCard to understand what is hot in the world of biometric payments including selfie pay and securing the further digitisation of payments.

29 Feb 16 @ 13:43

PCM interviews Chris Kangas on how MasterCard technology platform is being used to support the exploding contactless market and innovations like tokenisation of payment card credentials on the MasterCard platform... read more

23 Feb 16 @ 16:46

PCM interviews James Anderson of MasterCard to discuss the hottest trends for 2016 – including MasterPass, wearable payments and MasterCard as a technology company.

23 Feb 16 @ 12:12

MasterCard announced it will bring facial recognition payment services, “selfie pay” to the UK as part of a range of new services designed to improve identity verification for mobile phone... read more

19 Feb 16 @ 12:27

The total number of MasterCard processed transactions passed the 1 billion mark in Europe last year – an increase of 150% from 2014. MasterCard’s latest figures reveal that the UK... read more

02 Feb 16 @ 10:10

MasterCard and Visa account for 69 percent of the 2.9 billion payment cards issued in the Americas, and this share continues to rise at the expense of private label cards,... read more

01 Feb 16 @ 12:23

Rival payment processors MasterCard and Visa both posted higher earnings than Wall Street expected as US customers increased card spending at the end of 2015, a period including the lucrative holiday shopping season. MasterCard... read more

26 Jan 16 @ 14:44

MasterCard has announced the upcoming launch of MasterCard Instalments, an innovative way to pay that offers consumers flexible and convenient access to funds when needed. With MasterCard Instalments, cardholders will be... read more

06 Jan 16 @ 15:25

As if proof of the importance that the payments industry is currently playing in other industry were needed, MasterCard announced a partnership with Coin to bring wearable payments to a wide array of... read more

06 Jan 16 @ 12:39

MasterCard and Samsung have launched Groceries by MasterCard, a new app which enables consumers to order groceries directly from Samsung’s new Family Hub refrigerator. The first shopping app integrated into a refrigerator,... read more

23 Dec 15 @ 12:02

Visa and MasterCard account for 69% of the 2.9 billion payment cards issued in the nine countries in the Americas, and this share continues to increase. RBR’s study reveals that... read more

04 Dec 15 @ 12:26

International card schemes MasterCard and Visa now account for 86% of all payment cards in Europe, as domestic and private label schemes continue their decline. Global Payment Cards Data and... read more

20 Nov 15 @ 11:43

MasterCard is to develop a standard technical specification to simplify the integration of retailer mobile loyalty programmes with bank-issued mobile payments apps. While online redemption of offers is commonplace for consumers,... read more

20 Oct 15 @ 11:29

MasterCard has announced it will integrate a fully tokenized checkout experience within MasterPass, leveraging the MasterCard Digital Enablement Service (MDES), giving consumers the freedom to shop more securely online or in-app from... read more

16 Oct 15 @ 10:13

Visa and FireEye announced the launch of Visa Threat Intelligence, a cyber intelligence service, Powered by FireEye. Tailored to the needs of the payments industry, this new service will deliver... read more