Mastercard trumps Visa with £233m offer for Earthport
Visa had made a £198 million offer earlier.
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Top fintech stories this week – 25 January 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Age of Konsentus for Mastercard’s open banking
Firm selected by paytech titan to deliver TPP identity and regulatory checking solutions.
EC fines Mastercard €570m for anti-competitive antics
Commission says firm obstructed merchants’ access to cross-border card payment services.
New Mastercard logo enters icon era
Who knew 2019 would be known as “The Year #Priceless Went Nameless”?
Mastercard and Elavon elevate bank apps for retail payments
Aiming to allow consumers to pay for goods and services through their bank’s app.
Mastercard picks paytech pal in Polish Payment Standard
Digital, mobile, cards, e-commerce – it’s all happening.
B-Social raises £3m to build a social bank
As it applies for a UK banking licence from the FCA and PRA.
Mastercard acting up for smartphone payment terminals
Unveils pilot implementation of LitePOS solution with eService.
Obopay launches prepaid cards with Mastercard in India
For both consumers and businesses across the nation.
Mastercard invests $3m in African financial inclusion
The Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity goes to Malawi, Burundi and Rwanda.
Top fintech stories this week – 7 December 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Mastercard and Microsoft in digital identity drive
They dream of a “universally-recognised” system.
The Heart beats faster in Poland with Mastercard investment
The loving duo unveils the Heart Ventures for start-up action.
Visa making a stand in India with BillDesk investment
As it faces fierce local competition.
Mastercard leads $16.5m funding round in Mobeewave
Series B round also includes support from NewAlpha and Forestay Capital.
Top fintech stories this week – 20 July 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Mastercard files patent for blockchain-based transactions
Looking at consumer protection, but its interest in patents is nothing new.
Worldpay and Mastercard partner for UK digital payments push
Worldpay will offer Mastercard’s Pay by Bank app from early 2019
Mastercard and Strands join hands for SME payments
Will provide digital cash management and payment tools.
Alior Bank, solarisBank, Raisin and Mastercard to unveil European digital bank
Fab four focus on Q4 2018 launch.
First Data and Mastercard in digital disbursement duet
First Data’s disburse-to-debit solution will be available to Mastercard customers.
Mastercard tackles faster payments in the UK, smart watches and open banking
Mastercard reaches out to Starling Bank, NXP, and prepares for open banking.
Mastercard Accelerate-s search for fintech mates
New Accelerate initiative to offer tools, tech and investment.
Amazon eyes PayPal’s crown with Alexa payments platform
E-commerce titan could be taking on Visa, Mastercard and PayPal.
Mastercard and IBM join forces for new “data trust”, Truata
Truata is an independent trust to enable companies conduct analytics while complying with GDPR.
Standard Bank sells mobile paytech Oltio to Mastercard
Mastercard has acquired Oltio, a mobile paytech firm in South Africa.
Facebook Messenger fuels Mastercard’s payments pursuit in Africa and Asia
Pilot in Nigeria is start of larger plan to get more businesses into their version of digital economy.
Dream Payments and Mastercard speed up insurance payouts
Cloud-based payments platform Dream Payments has teamed up with Mastercard.
Stack selects i2c for new mobile payments platform
Toronto-based challenger Stack still in private beta – scheduled to launch publicly early this year.
Payments round-up: 30 January 2018
Featuring Vocalink, Shieldpay, Huawei, UnionPay, Pelican, PaymentComponents, Infosistema and Banco BAI Europa.
Mastercard eyes biometric totality by 2019
Banks issuing Mastercard-branded cards will have to offer biometric authentication.
Curve card comes a-calling in UK
An app that connects debit and credit cards to one Curve Mastercard.
Payments round-up: 10 January 2018
With special guest stars Worldpay, Como Global, Mastercard, Here Technologies, Dream Payments and Wirecard.
Mastercard calls for fintech start-ups
Mastercard has put its cards on the table with a clear call for start-ups to join its Start Path programme – its effort to tap into later-stage fintech and tech firms.
Wirecard Gives boon a Boost with Virtual Prepaid, P2P and Overdrafts
Pay Award-winning payments technology company Wirecard is expanding its mobile payment app boon with new features to make it an “all-embracing app in everyday life.”
Mastercard Wants to Help Issuers Fight Card Fraud Faster after Data Breaches
On the heels of Equifax’s massive data breach that compromised 143 million identities, Mastercard today (Oct. 2) announced the launch of Early Detection System, which alerts banks to high-risk cards and accounts that are exposed in security incidents or data breaches.
Hawk Incentives Launches Mastercard Prepaid Incentive Card for Mobile Wallets
Hawk Incentives, a Blackhawk Network business that provides rewards and incentive solutions, has unveiled a new open-loop Mastercard prepaid card that can be added to major mobile wallets.
Mastercard, Swarovski Launch VR Shopping
Mastercard and Swarovski have teamed up to launch a virtual reality (VR) shopping app for the Atelier Swarovski home décor line. The app immerses consumers in a home where they can browse and purchase the pieces with Masterpass.
Executive profile: Solana Cozzo, Mastercard
It’s a good thing Solana (“Sol”) Cozzo is high energy. When she’s not literally running or chasing after 3-year-old twins, she’s running Mastercard’s North American prepaid and inclusive growth business. It’s hard work when you consider that “the cardable opportunity is about seven times the current market,” she says.
