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Security USA

Mastercard to Acquire Identity Verification Company Ekata for US$850 Million

Mastercard announced that it has acquired identity verification company Ekata for US$850 million as digital identity is a foundational part of Mastercard’s multi-layered approach to security. In 2019, the company introduced a new framework on how digital interactions should evolve,

InsurTech Payments

Smile und Mastercard lancieren Partnerschaft für den digitalen Zahlungsverkehr

Als erste Versicherung der Schweiz hat Smile ihren Kunden ermöglicht, die Versicherungsprämie per Kreditkarte zu bezahlen. Nun geht das InsurTech in Kooperation mit Mastercard noch einen Schritt weiter. Künftig werden Kunden, die ihre Prämie via Mastercard bezahlen, mit einem Cashback

Austria Open Banking

Austrian Fintech NumberX to Launch App-Based Card Powered by Open Banking

NumberX, an Austrian fintech firm launched by former Revolut and Anyline managers, are preparing to launch an app-based Mastercard powered by open banking. With NumberX, users can connect all their current accounts to the app, set a monthly spending limit

Cloud

Mastercard Collaborates With Microsoft to Accelerate Digital Commerce Startup Innovation

Mastercard and Microsoft announced a collaboration to drive innovation of digital commerce and startup ecosystems enabling financial inclusion. The collaboration will accelerate Mastercard Labs’ cloud native research and development activities, enabled by Azure and AI, to advance its mission to

Personal Finance Mgt (PFM)

Introducing the TransferWise Debit Card and Borderless Account

UK fintech unicorn TransferWise quietly launched its Borderless account and linked debit card offering in early 2018 for customers located in the UK and European Union (EU), before adding support for those in the US, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore

AI London

AI Driven Fintech Completes Funding Round Led by Temasek and Kuehne+Nagel’s VC Firm

Previse, an artificial intelligence and data science fintech that gets suppliers paid instantly, announces an USD11 million funding round led by Reefknot Investments and Mastercard, with participation from existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Hambro Perks and Augmentum Fintech. Reefknot is

Mobile Payments

Swiss Bankers lanciert Geldtransfer Lösung “Send” in Kooperation mit Mastercard

Swiss Bankers startet den neuen Geldtransferservice «Send» auf Basis der «Mastercard Send»-Plattform. In Zusammenarbeit mit Mastercard bietet der Schweizer Herausgeber von Prepaid-Karten ab sofort Konsumenten die Möglichkeit, Geld per App sicher in 18 Länder zu versenden. Gelder können auf Bankkonten,

Germany Mobile Payments

Disruption: PayPal Business Debit Mastercard für Geschäftskunden kommt

PayPal bietet seinen Deutschen Händlern ab sofort die PayPal Business Debit Mastercard an. PayPal Geschäftskunden können nun mit dem Guthaben auf ihrem PayPal-Konto an der Ladenkasse bezahlen, ohne dieses vorher auf ihr Bankkonto überweisen zu müssen. Die Debitkarte kann überall

Mobile Payments

SwatchPay Comes to Switzerland, Enabled by Mastercard

Following a 2017 China launch, Swatch brings its NFC payments watch, stylised as SwatchPay to Swiss shores. In a collaboration with Mastercard, the “credit card watch” comes with an NFC radio chip hidden underneath the watch dial. Customers would be

Mobile Payments

Aduno Group, Netcetera and Swisscard Team up to ‘Drive the Digital Transformation of Credit Cards’

The Aduno Group and Swisscard, two leading credit card companies, have teamed up with software company Netcetera, to launch SwissWallet, a digital wallet service that promises to “drive the digital transformation of credit cards.” The service, which will operate through