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Mastercard joins $12 million Series A in Australian fintech WeMoney

Mastercard has joined a $12 million Seires A funding round in Australian financial comparison site WeMoney.

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Ex-Revolut staffers team with Mastercard to take stablecoins mainstream

Blockchain bank account startup Bleap has joined with Mastercard to launch a non-custodial debit card, making it possible for people to connect stablecoin payments with traditional financial payment rails.

16 April 2025

Company announcement/inclusion

Instapay partners Mastercard Move to bolster cross border payments for Malaysia’s migrant workers

Instapay Technologies and Mastercard, a global technology company in the payments industry, are enhancing international money transfer services for Instapay customers through Mastercard Move, a portfolio of money movement capabilities powering person-to-person and business payments to more than 180 countries worldwide in 150+ currencies. This collaboration will allow over 3 million migrant workers living in Malaysia to remit funds to home countries in local currencies in near real-time.

11 April 2025

News/crypto

Kraken and Mastercard team on crypto debit cards

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is working with Mastercard to allow customers in the UK and Europe to spend their crypto at over 150 million merchants worldwide.

09 April 2025

Company announcement/payments

Unipaas and Mastercard join forces

Unipaas, the go-to embedded payments provider for SaaS platforms, has announced it is partnering with Mastercard to increase card acceptance for SMEs using vertical SaaS platforms where payments are still predominantly manual and offline.

08 April 2025

Company announcement/payments

Viva.com expands payment footprint with UK launch of Mastercard Move

Viva.com, the 1st Tech Bank in Europe for Businesses, has expanded its pan-European activation of Mastercard Move on its payments and banking platform to 24 countries, following the addition of the UK as an additional live origination market.

07 April 2025

Company announcement/payments

Mastercard teams up with Nigeria's Nomba

Mastercard has announced a strategic collaboration with Nomba, a leading payment solutions provider, to deliver seamless payment experiences for businesses across the country.

04 April 2025

Driving seamless and secure B2B payments in 2025

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Tulsi Narayan EVP – Commercial and New Payment Flows, Europe

Driving seamless and secure B2B payments in 2025

03 April 2025

Company announcement/payments

MoneyGram implements Mastercard Move

MoneyGram, a financial technology company creating trusted global payments and financial solutions for an increasingly connected world, and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) have joined forces to advance digital money movement both domestically and across borders.

02 April 2025

News/payments

Visa offers Apple $100 million to ditch Mastercard

Visa has reportedly offered Apple roughly $100 million to take over the tech giant's credit card partnership from Mastercard.

02 April 2025

Company announcement/payments

Centiglobe partners with Mastercard Move

Centiglobe, a leading fintech company specializing in cross-border payment infrastructure solutions, today announces a new collaboration with Mastercard Move – Mastercard’s portfolio of global money movement solutions.

01 April 2025

Finextra TV/security

Combating Cyber Threats: The role of AI, Partnerships and Education

Joining the FinextraTV studio, Michele Centemero, EVP, Regional Services Lead, Mastercard, outlined the stark position the world is in when it comes to the cybersecurity threat we face. As technology increases, it becomes both the problem and the solution, Centemero discusses what the landscape currently looks like and how education and partnership are key to heading in the right direction.

01 April 2025