Mastercard stories
Over 2.5 million UK workers took part in Techtimeout Tuesday, urging an hourly screen break to improve wellbeing and productivity at work.
Ecommpay merchants in the UK and Europe report a 3-6% rise in approval rates and fewer checkout abandonments after integrating Mastercard's Click to Pay.
Ecommpay is shortlisted in two categories at the UK eCommerce Awards for innovation in its fraud-fighting Graph Analysis tool and Hosted Payment Page solution.
Ecommpay's upgraded Subscriptions service boosts recurring payment success, increasing merchant renewal rates by up to 3% and reducing involuntary churn.
Mastercard partners with Thunes to enable near-instant payouts to stablecoin wallets via Mastercard Move, enhancing global digital payment options.
Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin tops USD $1 billion market cap as firm boosts custody with Palisade acquisition and secures USD $500M strategic investment.
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer appoints Ilona Logvinova as global Chief AI Officer to lead AI and legal tech strategy from November 2025.
Gr4vy teams up with Mastercard to offer merchants worldwide seamless access to advanced payment solutions via its no-code platform.
Mastercard will appoint Richard Wormald as Asia Pacific president in 2026, succeeding Ari Sarker who moves to an advisory role after a decade leading the region.
Constantinople teams up with Paymentology to enhance Banking-as-a-Service in Australia, boosting card issuing and payment tech for local banks and fintechs.
Melbourne's Vault Payment Solutions has gained Mastercard Principal Issuer status, enabling direct card issuing and faster rollout of payment programmes in Australia.
New Zealand's GrowPay launches a digital platform offering farmers flexible loans and payments to match seasonal cash flows and ease financial stress.
A Mastercard survey finds 76% of consumers are more anxious about cybersecurity in 2025, driven by AI-powered phishing attacks and evolving digital threats.
Open Banking in Australia could boost the economy by AUD $10 billion annually as consumer data sharing and digital services usage rapidly grow.
Mastercard and Oracle have launched a virtual card payment solution in Australia with Westpac, streamlining business payments via Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP.
Mastercard's Transit Tales offers Sydney commuters personalised AI-generated audio stories during train rides, blending classic literature with modern genres.
The Export Council of Australia and WorldFirst partner to help SMEs tackle AUD volatility and ease global trade with better currency management tools.
Indosat unveils AI-powered Anti-Spam and Anti-Scam solution to protect Indonesians from rising digital fraud, filtering threats via 5G in real time.
Digimune and ViaCarte partner to launch Identicate, a cyber protection platform offering Australian banks real-time identity theft alerts and financial fraud cover.
Mastercard and Equifax have launched Open Score, a tool using open banking data to help 2.5 million Australians with limited credit history access finance.