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Alipay and WeChat Pay to support international card schemes in mobile wallet
Chinese payments giants Alipay and WeChat Pay have announced they plan to open up their mobile wallet platforms to international card schemes as regulators ease restrictions. The apps, which dominate... more
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Tokenisation: A high stakes game for stakeholders
Tokenisation has become an important component of enabling secure payments in Canada, and the payment networks are using it to extend their reach and control over the payments ecosystem, according... more
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Continued growth in China cements UnionPay as the world’s largest card scheme
New research shows that there were 16 billion payment cards in circulation at the end of 2018, up by 10% since a year earlier. The research indicates that financial inclusion initiatives... more
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Consumer purchase volume send Mastercard beyond results expectations
Consumer purchase volume running through the Mastercard network rose by 14% during Q3 2019, accelerating slightly from Q2, driving revenue and earnings per share past Wall Street’s expectations. Revenue at... more
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NatWest first UK bank to launch biometric credit card
NatWest is piloting fingerprint based biometric credit card with 150 customers, in partnership with Mastercard and Gemalto, it is the first biometric credit card issued by a UK bank. The... more
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