Mastercard

2058 results about this entity

Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 14 Aug 2025

Half of US POS terminals to accept chip cards by end of 2015

Nearly half of US merchant terminals will accept EMV chip card payments by the end of next year, according to a trade body set up to push the migration from magstripe plastic.

MasterCard looks to bust contactless transaction limits with fingerprint cards

MasterCard has partnered with Norwegian firm Zwipe to launch a contactless payment card with built-in fingerprint sensor.

An assessment of the retail sector

Catharina Eklof, senior vice president, global merchant & acceptance development and Ling Hai, president, enterprise development at MasterCard provide their assessment of the retail industry and how its relationships with merchants are changing.

The importance of m-commerce for MasterCard

Chris Kangas, head of contactless & mobile payments, Europe, MasterCard, provides a definition of mobile commerce, the impact of Apple Pay and MasterCard's plans for mobile payments.

Making the most of customer spending data

Guy Cheston, media sales director, Harrods, talks about using MasterCard's spending data within the business and gives advice for other retailers.

Visa and MasterCard face scrutiny by new UK watchdog

The UK government is planning to put supervision of MasterCard and Visa alongside the country's main interbank payment systems into the hands of a new Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), whose chief remit is to inject more competition into the country's payments industry.

Verification in the retail sector

Ajay Bhalla, president, enterprise security solutions, MasterCard, discusses threats and opportunities for the retail sector and potential ways of replacing the password system for authentication and verification.

Cuscal to acquire Strategic Payments Services

Australia's Cuscal is to acquire Strategic Payments Services, a payment processing joint venture launched by Bendigo Bank and MasterCard in 2006, as it strives to carve out a position in the emerging mobile and digital payments market.

Are consumers disrupting the retail environment?

Ann Cairns, president, international markets, MasterCard, discusses the pace of change in the retail environment, how consumers are disrupting retailer strategy and the next change in the retail space at World Retail Congress in Paris.

MasterCard Asia/Pacific to mine social chatter for bank campaigns

MasterCard is working with Facebook and other social media platforms in Asia Pacific to garner insights on consumer sentiment which can be sold on to banks.

MasterCard unveils tool to tackle cyber threat

With the huge data breaches at Target and Home Depot fresh in the memory, MasterCard has launched a tool designed to protect against cyber attacks on banks and processors.

MasterCard and Newgen partner for B2B payments venture

MasterCard and Newgen Software, a leading global provider of Business Process Management, Enterprise Content Management, and Customer Communication Management solutions, today announced a partnership to launch a digital payment solution that will facilitate faster and more secure B2B payments.