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Canadian retailer group fight for lower credit-card fees
A group of Canadian retailers and other businesses are pushing for lower credit-card fees from major payment networks amid a...
Card issuers upgrade from Maestro and Electron to Mastercard and Visa
According to a new study, Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to 2022, card issuers in Europe are continuing to...
Mastercard opens up API access to blockchain platform
Mastercard says that it will open up access to its in house blockchain technology platform via an application programming interface...
Mastercard launch Early Detection System to combat card fraud after data breaches
It can now take as little as 9 minutes for stolen card and account data to be used via the...
Mastercard and Visa lose share to UnionPay in global cards market
The global payment cards market has grown to 14 billion cards, with UnionPay consolidating its position as the largest scheme...
Overcoming mobile biometrics challenges in financial services
The vast majority of consumers—93%—prefer biometrics over passwords for authenticating payments or other financial services. This comes as no surprise,...
Spending tops $20 trillion on global card networks in 2016 – Infographic
Global card purchase volume for goods and services, which excludes cash advances on credit cards and cash withdrawals on debit...
Mastercard gains regulatory approval to acquire VocaLink
Mastercard says the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority’s decision has cleared the way for the completion of the company’s planned acquisition of...