Mastercard chooses Infinicept for start-up programme
The firm created Payment Facilitator in a Box.
Mastercard
Flybits lands $35m in Series C round
Investors include Point72 Ventures and Mastercard.
Top fintech stories this week – 12 July 2019
N26 has superhero-landed in the US, new hip bank in Spain, and more!
Mastercard acquires Transfast to extend payment network
The deal strengthens Mastercard’s wide range of payment solutions.
Top fintech stories this week – 28 June 2019
The very best fintech news this week!
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 11 June 2019
This week, news about JP Morgan’s Chase, Visa, and more!
Step receives $22.5m Series A funding
Challenger for teens’ waiting list has surpassed half a million people.
Mastercard unveils new Open Banking Solutions
Several partners in the UK and Poland intend to activate the suite.
Mastercard announces next generation fintech accelerator
Accelerate 2.0 includes Global Reach service.
Top fintech stories this week – 31 May 2019
The first Amadeus event on payments, a new Indonesian payment standard, and more!
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 09 May 2019
This week, Mastercard, Facebook and many more!
Mastercard acquires Transactis to boost Bill Pay Exchange
Transactis makes digital payment services available to small businesses.
Mastercard acquires Vyze for point-of-sale financing
The ai Corporation has also implemented Mastercard’s Pay by Bank feature.
Bill.com raises $88m for business payments push
Led by Franklin Templeton with participation from Mastercard, Fidelity Investments Canada, among others.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 18 March 2019
More open banking news, fintechs in LatAm, an a MasterCard acquisition.
Mastercard acquires Ethoca for e-commerce fraud protection
Follows on from Mastercard’s recent acquisition of Transfast.
Mastercard drops Earthport bid for Transfast acquisition
The firm will now get this cross-border account-to-account money transfer network instead.
Mastercard and AWS grow payments for supply chain
Firms use digital identity, payments and blockchain for improved capabilities.
Mastercard taken by Token’s charms for open banking hub
Californian company will power the paytech’s connectivity layer.
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.
New Mastercard logo enters icon era
Who knew 2019 would be known as “The Year #Priceless Went Nameless”?
Top fintech stories this week – 7 December 2018
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Mastercard and Microsoft in digital identity drive
They dream of a “universally-recognised” system.
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.
Mastercard and Strands join hands for SME payments
Will provide digital cash management and payment tools.
First Data and Mastercard in digital disbursement duet
First Data’s disburse-to-debit solution will be available to Mastercard customers.
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.
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.
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.
