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Mastercard partners HSBC to bring new B2B payments option to the UK

Mastercard has partnered HSBC to launch a product in the UK that allows businesses to use their commercial card programme to make payments to any supplier, regardless of whether the supplier accepts card payments.

21 March 2022

Company announcement/payments

Mastercard adds BNPL partners

Mastercard today announced a growing list of leading partners, including BNPL specialists and globally recognized brands, further expanding Mastercard Installments, the unique BNPL program that delivers greater choice at checkout, both in-store and online.

18 March 2022

Company announcement/payments

BMO introduces Mastercard True Name feature for 2SLGBTQ+ community

Today, BMO Financial Group became the first financial institution in Canada to implement the True Name™ feature by Mastercard, enabling transgender and non-binary individuals to use their chosen name across all BMO consumer and small business credit cards without the requirement of a legal name change.

18 March 2022

Company announcement/payments

Mastercard beefs up BNPL partner network

Mastercard today announced a growing list of leading partners, including BNPL specialists and globally recognized brands, further expanding Mastercard Installments, the unique BNPL program that delivers greater choice at checkout, both in-store and online.

16 March 2022

News/payments

Mastercard class action suit moves closer to trial as billions more pounds added to claim

A £14 billion class action lawsuit against Mastercard interchange fees has moved a step closer to trial with an additional £2.7 billion added to the claim following the latest judgement by the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal.

10 March 2022

Company announcement/payments

Paysend bolsters real-time money transfers with Mastercard integration

Paysend, the card-to-card pioneer and international payments platform, today announced that its U.S. customers can now send funds directly to eligible Mastercard cards in over 60 countries, including Mexico, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Honduras, El Salvador and Colombia, as well as within the U.S. Recipients will generally see the money appear on their cards within minutes.

08 March 2022

News/payments

Merchants bid to block looming interchange fee hikes

The Merchants Payments Coalition is calling on US politicians to block Visa and Mastercard interchange fee hikes that are set to take effect in April.

08 March 2022

News/startups

Mastercard invests in Zeta

Mastercard has joined a $30 million funding round in credit card processing vendor Zeta and signed a five-year go-to-market deal with the startup.

07 March 2022

News/payments

PayPal, Mastercard, Visa, Amex suspend all services in Russia

PayPal and each of the major card schemes have shut down all services in Russia in an escalation of financial sanctions that go beyond just targeted banks.

07 March 2022

News/payments

DBS rolls out 'Mastercard installments with Pine Labs'

DBS Bank is to roll out buy now, pay later services in Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong in partnership with Mastercard and Pine Labs.

02 March 2022

News/payments

Visa and Mastercard join Russian blockades

Mastercard and Visa have blocked multiple financial institutions from their payment networks in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

01 March 2022

News/people

Warren Buffett dumps Visa and Mastercard stock, buys Nubank

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has sold a combined $3.1 billion worth of shares in Visa and Mastercard and bought a $1 billion stake in Brazilian digital lender Nubank.

21 February 2022