China Awards First Foreign E-Payments License
China could be opening the door to U.S.-based payments companies. Earlier this week, China granted 19 e-payment licenses, including one ...
Tag: Mastercard
Visa Puts Another Bullet in Mobile Wallets by Dumping V.me
It's yet another black day for mobile wallets. Visa unveiled a new service today called Visa Checkout that lets users ...
MasterCard Granted Bitcoin-Related Patent
MasterCard has been granted a patent related to bitcoin and other virtual currency. According to a recent filing, titled "Payment Interchange For Use ...
Meet the First Pro-Bitcoin Lobbyist in DC
Falcon Global Capital, the world’s first investment fund focused on virtual currencies, is sending CEO Brett Stapper to Washington to ...
MasterCard Ditches ‘Mobile Wallets’
Another payments company is backing off digital wallets. MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga, speaking in a fireside chat today at the ...
VIDEO: Details on Circle’s Recently Unveiled Bank Account for Bitcoins
Bitcoins just got their first bank account -- almost. Circle, a Boston-based bitcoin startup, emerged from stealth today at Bitcoin ...
MasterCard: Use Cards Because Cash Is … ‘Dirty’?
Sorry, cash-dependent customers, you're using a dirty instrument. What is MasterCard's marketing pitch these days? Calling cash use a "dirty ...
Is a Lot of Innovation at MasterCard Too Much?
No one would call MasterCard's innovation strategy minor. Not only has MC stepped up its internal innovation -- most notably ...
Payments ‘FinTechAthon’ in London Gets Off to Fast Start
Startupbootcamp, an accelerator based in London, launched FinTechAthon, a sort of financial services-focused hackathon, this week -- and already it ...
It’s Alive! NFC Is Back from the Dead
NFC is back and on the move. Visa and MasterCard both announced support for host-card emulation (HCE) this week and that ...
