The settlement calls for Visa and Mastercard to lower swipe fees, which are now typically 2per cent to 2.5per cent, by 0.1 percentage points for five years
PhonePe and Mastercard have launched contactless tap-and-pay payments for Indian cardholders using NFC-enabled Android smartphones at merchant outlets in India and abroad
Still, displacing card networks won't be easy, especially in the US, where consumers are used to rewards, fraud protection and credit access - perks not easily replaced
Tickets can be purchased using all Mastercard cards issued globally, including credit, debit, and pre-paid cards.
Several payment aggregators are said to have misclassified merchants, typically in the retail category, under utility - a segment that traditionally draws lower interchange rates
Mastercard has collaborated with City Union Bank (CUB) to launch its first passion cards in India
Launched in 2016, the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) accounted for 83% of India's digital payments volume in 2024, up from 34% in 2019, and dominates the domestic retail payments sector
China reassures foreign investors amid geopolitical tensions, urging open markets and promising a better business environment at the China Development Forum
Mastercard's net income rose to $3.34 billion, or $3.64 per share, in the three months ended Dec. 31, compared with $2.79 billion, or $2.97 per share
The bank has unveiled its first premium credit card, HSBC Prive, designed with privileges exclusively curated for its private banking clients
Spends are 20% higher than traditional cards
The new Pune Tech Hub augments Mastercard's growing presence in India, which spans offices in Gurugram, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Vadodara
Citigroup, too, has recognized this shift, similarly enabling cross-border payments to digital wallets and other endpoints
The acquisition will bring expanded threat intelligence capabilities to the New York-based payments firm, which recorded $9 trillion in gross dollar volumes last year
From September 6, credit cardholders in India get to choose their preferred card network. Watch the video to find out how this change affects you.
Mastercard cardholders can tokenize their existing cards and make transactions up to Rs 5,000 using the Crest Pay application on their boAt smartwatches.
The Payment & Clearing Association of China is proposing lowering the fees charged on foreign card transactions to 1.5% from between 2% and 3%, the report said
The company may seek a valuation of more than $6 billion in an IPO, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private
U.S. District Judge Margo Brodie in Brooklyn told lawyers for the card networks and objectors at a hearing on Thursday that she will "likely not approve the settlement," according to court records
Mastercard said Wednesday that it expects to be able to discover that your credit or debit card number has been compromised well before it ends up in the hands of a cybercriminal. In its latest software update rolling out this week, Mastercard is integrating artificial intelligence into its fraud-prediction technology that it expects will be able to see patterns in stolen cards faster and allow banks to replace them before they are used by criminals. Generative AI is going to allow to figure out where did you perhaps get your credentials compromised, how do we identify how it possibly happened, and how do we very quickly remedy that situation not only for you, but the other customers who don't know they are compromised yet, said Johan Gerber, executive vice president of security and cyber innovation at Mastercard, in an interview. Mastercard, which is based in Purchase, New York, says with this new update it can use other patterns or contextual information, such as geography, time a