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Mastercard has broadened its premium travel services in the Asia Pacific region by launching the first Taste by Priceless dining club at Hong Kong International Airport. This move is aimed at bolstering the company’s allure for wealthy travelers. The dining…
Juspay, the unicorn in the payments technology industry, has become a part of Mastercard’s global partner ecosystem, aiming to speed up the adoption of the Click to Pay system. This move comes as merchants throughout Asia are increasingly looking for quicker,…
In response to the rapid digital transformation impacting consumer habits throughout the Asia-Pacific region, financial institutions are focusing on redefining their mobile applications to become integral components of daily transactions. Mastercard, a global…
Mastercard has launched a new campaign aimed at making travel across Southeast Asia more seamless and rewarding for consumers. The initiative, named “Phone. Passport. Mastercard”, primarily focuses on improving the payment experience for travelers journeying…
Mastercard, the globally renowned credit card company, has named Minsook Cho as its new country manager for Singapore. Cho, an industry veteran with more than two decades of experience, will hold the key responsibility of determining and implementing the…
China is pushing for Visa and Mastercard to lower their bank card transaction fees in the country, as part of an effort to facilitate payments for foreign visitors, Bloomberg News reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. According to a report…
Mastercard today announced that its joint venture entity, Mastercard NUCC Information Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., has received formal approval from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and the National Administration of Financial Regulation (NAFR) to…
Payments company Mastercard on Wednesday launched a global project to recycle credit and debit cards as part of a plan to save the billions of cards in circulation across the industry from landfill. Initially partnering with British lender HSBC Holdings Plc…
Mastercard will debut crypto trading services next year that will enable financial firms, such as banks, to extend access to their clients. Mastercard will launch its crypto trading services – Crypto Source – in the US, Israel and Brazil in early 2023,…
Buy2Sell, an e-commerce B2B platform in Singapore, has announced a new strategic partnership with Mastercard. For a global orientation to 2025, Buy2Sell is also moving towards expanding its cross-border sales through its e-commerce. Buy2Sell will enable…
China unveiled tighter rules late on Thursday to better regulate its $1.3 trillion credit card industry, urging lenders to adopt a “prudent” growth strategy, and monitor risks more closely. Banks are also barred from using the number of cards issued or market…
The general shift in retail towards e-commerce transactions and online payments – broadly accelerated by the pandemic – has been evident for quite some time. Industry observers who have been watching the rise of digital transactions have universally been…
Southeast Asia and Latin America are strong growth regions for Mastercard after its withdrawal from Russia in March and India’s 2021 ban on it from issuing new cards, the company’s co-president for international markets said. “Southeast Asia is exciting (due…
A former CEO of German fintech Wirecard is joining a Zurich-based startup. Blockchain fintech FQX is hiring James Freis as a regulatory technology officer, it said in an emailed statement Friday. Freis helped uncover fraudulent activities at Wirecard, going…
2021 was a transformative year for Ekata, capped by joining the Mastercard family to accelerate our shared goal of building trust in the digital economy. As consumers moved more of their lives online, online businesses grew to serve them. Over the course of…
Two Singapore startups will help the payment giant accelerate innovation around digital asset technology. Singapore-based Mintable, a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace; and Stacs, which provides a blockchain infrastructure for the financial industry to…
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