MasterCard has announced its expansion into seven new markets across Central and West Africa, increasing its acceptance footprint across the continent and securing a number of strategic agreements. The addition of Chad, Central African Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda and The Gambia to the MasterCard network extends the company’s presence to 48 of the
Online cash payments provider, Ukash, has launched a General Purpose Reloadable (GPR) prepaid card, supported by a mobile app that makes uploading of funds quick and easy. Putting customers in control of their money, the free smartphone app (iPhone and android) makes it easy to check transactions and balances while cardholders are out and about
MasterCard has announced that, as part of the company’s commitment to enhance the experience of cardholders visiting the country is support of the local tourism industry, the company has partnered with the Ministry of Tourism to become the official card of The Bahamas. The announcement was made during an exclusive cocktail event for participating merchants,
Expanding its digital content service offering, Live Gamer, Inc. (LGI) has partnered with MasterCard to incorporate MasterPass, a digital payments service that allows consumers to use any payment card or enabled device to discover an enhanced shopping experience. The expanded offering provides LGI’s customers in the digital content and interactive entertainment industries in North America
MasterCard has announced a collaboration between Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica Deutschland, Vodafone and TREVICA (a MasterCard owned company) to create a new mobile platform and accelerate the development of mobile payments in Germany. The three mobile operators represent 80% of mobile customers in Germany, which means that banks and financial institutions can hugely accelerate their ability
MasterCard and PRIME Research have released the second annual global MasterCard Mobile Payments Study, which tracked more than 13 million social media comments across Twitter, Facebook, online blogs and forums around the world. The study shows improved sentiment toward mobile payments and rapid growth in consumer use and merchant acceptance. Merchants carry an 88 percent
MasterCard has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire C-SAM, Inc. (“C-SAM”) a provider of mobile wallet and on-device software and services. In acquiring C-SAM, MasterCard will speed the development and deployment of mobile wallets and payment solutions globally, including the rollout of its MasterPass™ digital service. Today’s announcement builds upon a global
Orange has announced the launch of Orange Cash in Spain, a rechargeable prepaid card from MasterCard that can be used within smartphones or as a traditional payment card. With Orange Cash a consumer will be able to make online payments in a safe way, send money to the mobile phones of other Orange Cash users
MasterCard has announced it will publish a specification that leverages Host Card Emulation (HCE) for secure near field communication (NFC) payment transactions. The approach will enable consumers to easily use their MasterCard-branded cards on their NFC-enabled phones to make contactless payments. Today, there are two million contactless-enabled merchant locations in 63 countries around the world.
MasterCard has enhanced its rewards capabilities for cardholders, giving them more ways to redeem, exchange and trade their rewards points. These unique capabilities, unavailable to consumers that are members of current credit card-based rewards programs, will be delivered through a relationship between MasterCard and Points International Ltd. Based on the popularity of travel and experiences,
