Mastercard

2053 results about this entity

Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 30 Jul 2025

Retailers say they will fight on as US court approves class action interchange settlement

US retailers have vowed to fight a US District Court ruling in favour of a $5.7 billion settlement with Visa and MasterCard over credit card swipe fees.

MasterCard begins recruitment campaign for New York innovation lab

MasterCard is advertising for software engineers graduating in 2014 to work in a new mobile e-commerce technology lab in New York City.

CommBank and Westpac to put Australia at forefront of Mobile NFC wave

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has released a mobile NFC-based payments application for Samsung handsets, just ahead of rival bank Westpac, which has abandoned plans for sticker-based payments in favour of a fully-fledged mobile roll-out early next year.

Google Wallet gets physical card companion

Google Wallet is finally getting a companion physical pre-paid debit card as it shifts ever further away from its NFC roots.

MasterCard and Intel tap NXP for contactless e-commerce payments

Intel is embedding computers with NXP NFC technology so that online shoppers can pay with a tap of their MasterCard contactless card or mobile phone.

Merseyrail introduces contactless payments

Merseyrail will this week become the first UK rail operator to roll out contactless payments across its network, although travellers will still need a paper ticket.

CommBank introduces mobile check-out service for online shopping

Australia's Commonwealth Bank has launched an online payment service for mobile phones utilising MasterCard's PayPass technology.

NTT Docomo and MasterCard bring global mobile NFC payments to Japanese users

Japanese telco NTT Docomo has teamed up with MasterCard to enable customers to make contactless mobile payments around the world.

Australia to take co-ordinated approach to scrapping signatures at the check-out

Australia's competition watchdog is to allow card schemes and banks to work together to replace the use of signatures at the check-out with Chip and PIN authorisation for payments.

MasterCard joins Fido Alliance in bid to replace passwords with biometrics

MasterCard has joined the Fido Alliance, which is bidding to replace password-based online authentication with an industry-supported open protocol tied to the actual device used to access services.

MasterCard to buy Turkey's Provus

MasterCard has moved to strengthen its position in the fast growing Turkish market, agreeing to buy local payments outfit Provus Bilisim Hizmetleri. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Wired tablet edition showcases in-app payments from MasterCard

The November tablet edition of Wired is to feature new technology from MasterCard which enables readers to purchase items direct from advertising and editorial pages without leaving the app.