MasterCard today announced the appointment of Marcus Mak as Head of Merchant Marketing for the company’s Asia/Pacific, Middle East & Africa (APMEA) regions, effective immediately. Based in Singapore, Mr. Mak will be responsible for bringing a more dynamic, value-driven proposition to merchants. He will drive business strategy for key merchants and his core responsibilities will
MasterCard and United Bank for Africa (UBA) unveiled a personalized debit card in Nigeria, dubbed the UBA “All About U” Card. The unique MasterCard card can be customized with elements such as images, colors and more. The launch of the product in partnership with UBA is in harmony with MasterCard’s vision to advance a cashless
MasterCard has signed a deal with regional card processor Paynet Group to partner in a local initiative geared towards encouraging the switch from magnetic strip to EMV cards. Dubbed “The Great Migration to EMV Chip,” the local initiative brings together various stakeholders in Kenya’s banking and payments technology sectors in an effort to hasten the switch
MasterCard and The Leading Hotels of the World announced an agreement to provide MasterCard cardholders offers at participating hotels globally. As the largest luxury hotel collection, with more than 430 of the world’s greatest properties in over 80 countries, Leading Hotels is uniquely aligned with MasterCard’s Priceless Cities program to offer memorable travel experiences. All
MasterCard and Visa Inc. announced an agreement to license their respective common U.S. debit solutions to each other to meet the industry need for a streamlined approach to route U.S. chip debit transactions over multiple, unaffiliated networks. Visa and MasterCard have made certain proprietary EMV chip technologies available to each other and other networks, enabling
MasterCard fully supports the European Commission’s goal of encouraging more secure, efficient, competitive and innovative electronic payments, which will enable consumers, retailers and other key stakeholders to enjoy the full benefits of the EU internal market and pledges to work with the Commission to achieve this goal. Javier Perez, President of MasterCard Europe, said: “While
MasterCard announced that Alfredo Gangotena will retire as the company’s chief marketing officer, effective September 1. Gangotena, 60, has been with MasterCard for nine years and has held the top marketing role since April 2010. Tim Murphy, MasterCard’s chief product officer, will add oversight of marketing to his current responsibilities on an interim basis as
In line with its commitment to enhance the electronic payment card acceptance infrastructure in Morocco, MasterCard today announced the appointment of M2M SPS, a leading provider of secure e-transaction processing solutions as its Principal Member in Morocco. As a new Principal Member of MasterCard, M2M SPS will be enabling its customers to leverage MasterCard’s acquiring
Kenyatta University has unveiled a new prepaid, PayPass™-enabled card for its alumni body. The KU Alumni Card allows alumni to enjoy discounts with selected partners, ranging from hotels, bookshops and hospitals to insurance companies and mobile phone service providers. The KU Alumni Card allows card holders to transact at over 34 million MasterCard points of
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, announces that its UpTeq NFC SIM embedded software and product has been selected by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) to secure its NFC payment program. CHT is Taiwan’s largest mobile network operator with 10 million subscribers. The initiative, using the SIM as the secure element to safeguard mobile NFC transactions,
