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Ukraine and Mastercard Launch Five-Year Digital Country Partnership to Accelerate National Digital Transformation
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Ukraine and Mastercard Launch Five-Year Digital Country Partnership to Accelerate National Digital Transformation

The partnership is designed to accelerate digital agenda of Ukraine by leveraging Mastercard expertise in payments innovation, digital infrastructure, and cybersecurity solutions.

Crypto in Payments Gains Traction: Stablecoins and Bitcoin Power New Cross-Border Flows
Blockchain & Crypto

Crypto in Payments Gains Traction: Stablecoins and Bitcoin Power New Cross-Border Flows

The payments world is increasingly embracing crypto currencies, especially stablecoins and bitcoin, as key rails for real-world transactions. A new wave of partnerships and product rollouts is bringing digital-asset payouts and transfers into the mainstream, with major players like Mastercard, Cash App, and dLocal leveraging stablecoins to offer faster, more flexible, and more inclusive payment […]

Mastercard Aims for Number-Free Cards & Password-Free Payments Across Asia Pacific by 2030
Fintech & Ecommerce

Mastercard Aims for Number-Free Cards & Password-Free Payments Across Asia Pacific by 2030

Mastercard has announced a major push: by 2030, it aims to make online shopping payments in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region both password-free and number-free.

Visa and Mastercard Edge Toward Landmark Fee Deal That Could End Long-Running Swipe Fee Dispute
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Visa and Mastercard Edge Toward Landmark Fee Deal That Could End Long-Running Swipe Fee Dispute

A potential settlement that can reshape merchant costs after decades of disputes is expected from Visa and Mastercard in the nearest future.

While the World Watches OpenAI, Visa, and Mastercard, Huawei Quietly Enters the Financial AI Agent Race
Fintech & Ecommerce

While the World Watches OpenAI, Visa, and Mastercard, Huawei Quietly Enters the Financial AI Agent Race

While everyone is eagerly watching the likes of OpenAI, Visa, and Mastercard unveil their visions for agentic AI, Huawei has made a bold and quietly strategic move of its own. With the launch of its FinAgent Booster (FAB), the Chinese tech giant has stepped decisively into the financial AI agent ecosystem not as an observer, but […]

GASA Report Shows Indonesians Lost $3.3B to Fraud This Year
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GASA Report Shows Indonesians Lost $3.3B to Fraud This Year

Digital scams surge across Indonesia, costing billions, with customers believing public organizations should provide better fraud protection: the new GASA report calls for urgent action.

Why Payment Protocols Need an Upgrade
Fintech & Ecommerce

Why Payment Protocols Need an Upgrade

As the technology develops in giant strides and new iPhone models are delivered each year, it sounds extremely strange that the backbone of omnipresent card payment systems is still the protocol that’s almost forty years old. Even with its last major revision in 2003, the upgraded version of ISO 8583 is a couple decades too […]

Nexi Expands Payment Capabilities with Visa and Mastercard to Accelerate Instant Transfers for Italian Businesses
Fintech & Ecommerce

Nexi Expands Payment Capabilities with Visa and Mastercard to Accelerate Instant Transfers for Italian Businesses

European PayTech Nexi becomes the first in Italy to offer Visa Direct and Mastercard Move, enabling faster, more efficient payments directly to customer cards.

How Payment Service Providers Are Adapting to the Stablecoin Payments Revolution: Four Emerging Archetypes
Fintech & Ecommerce

How Payment Service Providers Are Adapting to the Stablecoin Payments Revolution: Four Emerging Archetypes

Just as stablecoin settlements are gaining momentum in the B2B segment, payment service providers are taking very different paths in the stablecoin payments revolution, with strategies ranging from bold integration to cautious observation. Here are four main stablecoin adoption archetypes shaping the next phase of digital payments.

Payment Protocols for Agentic Commerce: Simple Guide for AI Enthusiasts
Fintech & Ecommerce

Payment Protocols for Agentic Commerce: Simple Guide for AI Enthusiasts

Agentic payments and AI commerce are high on the paytech agenda today. Their potential is undoubtedly immense, but practical implementation, as always, relies on the tech stack functionality. As we see fintech giants delivering agentic payment protocols en masse, let’s put them under scrutiny. 

Unlimit Secures Dual Token Service Provider Certification from Mastercard and Visa in India
Fintech & Ecommerce

Unlimit Secures Dual Token Service Provider Certification from Mastercard and Visa in India

The new certification from both major payment networks in India strengthens Unlimit’s role in the nation’s expanding digital payments market.

What’s New In Stablecoin Market: Mastercard vs Coinbase, Stripe Issuance Move, Coinflow Fresh Funding and More
Blockchain & Crypto

What’s New In Stablecoin Market: Mastercard vs Coinbase, Stripe Issuance Move, Coinflow Fresh Funding and More

Stablecoin adoption is getting closer to mainstream each day, as major payment players like Mastercard and Stripe enter the space along with crypto natives such as Coinbase or Coinflow. Let’s sum up what’s been happening in the stablecoin market for the last few days.

PayOS and Mastercard Debut Agentic Payments with Live Transaction
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PayOS and Mastercard Debut Agentic Payments with Live Transaction

PayOS and Mastercard reach another milestone in the development of agentic payments – their first live transaction with the use of an agentic token, cryptographic payment credential that is bound to a verified software agent, not a human cardholder.

Mastercard & Smile ID to Advance ID Verification Across Africa
Fintech & Ecommerce

Mastercard & Smile ID to Advance ID Verification Across Africa

Mastercard is expanding the scope of its cooperation with SmileID to accelerate the use of advanced identity verification tools for customer onboarding across the African continent.

Kushki PayOuts Fuel LATAM Gaming and Gambling  Industry Profitability
Fintech & Ecommerce

Kushki PayOuts Fuel LATAM Gaming and Gambling Industry Profitability

As gaming and online betting surge across Latin America, Kushki is stepping in with direct PayOuts to Visa and Mastercard cards helping operators streamline payments and maximize returns.

Citi and US Bank Pioneer Mastercard’s Agent Pay Ahead of Global Launch
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Citi and US Bank Pioneer Mastercard’s Agent Pay Ahead of Global Launch

Mastercard’s Agent Pay solution, unveiled in April, will soon debut globally, with Citi and US Bank customers being the first to test AI-enabled shopping features.