Over 170 Merchants in Japan Newly Provide Exclusive Privileges for UnionPay Premium Cards
Wirecard Collaborates with Topbonus in the Field of Loyalty and Credit Cards
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Mastercard Brings Latest Payment Technology to The Barclays
launched last month. Additionally, the public 18th Green Bleacher and Mastercard Club will allow fans to order concessions directly to their seat using Qkr! with Masterpass, an app developed by Mastercard that enables consumers to seamlessly order and pay for food via their smartphones. The app is available for free in the iOS App store
Rio de Janeiro Launches Gemalto Contactless Transport Ticketing Wristband
Eighty Percent of Mastercard U.S. Consumer Credit Cards Have Chips
EMVCo Introduces ‘Payment Account Reference’ to Support Tokenization
What is PAR? According to EMVCo, PAR is a ‘newly-defined data element that reduces reliance on primary account numbers (PAN) when managing security requirements and delivering value-added services.’ It has been introduced solely to support the process of payment tokenization. Why has PAR been introduced? Tokenization reduces the value of stored payment credentials by replacing
UnionPay Takes Top Spot From Visa in $22 Trillion Global Cards Market
Payment cards worldwide increase by 8% to reach 13 billion in 2015 New research from RBR shows that the number of payment cards in circulation worldwide increased by 8% last year to 13 billion. Although still impressive, the growth rate fell from 11% in 2014, following a slowdown in the expansion of the Chinese market.

