Mastercard

 Kiki Del Valle, Mastercard’s senior vice president of digital partnerships for Latin America and the Caribbean.
September 22, 2020 12:01 AM

COVID-19 has accelerated changes in payments behavior that would otherwise have taken years to occur, laying the foundation for global expansion post-pandemic. But for different parts of the world, this digital transformation had very different outcomes.

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John Adams
August 3, 2020 12:01 AM

The major card networks have heavily invested in broader services as transaction processing loses its luster, a strategy that’s provided a ray of hope as retail and travel industries remain sidelined.

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Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga
John Adams
July 30, 2020 10:38 AM

Mastercard reported a sharp decline in payments in its most recent quarter, but some digital seeds it planted before the coronavirus pandemic are already bearing fruit.

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Kate Fitzgerald
May 12, 2020 9:00 AM

In the works for months, Mastercard Track Business Payment Service rolls out Tuesday with the goal of improving efficiency around corporate buyer and supplier payments at a time when these processes are uniquely constrained by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Kate Fitzgerald
April 29, 2020 12:10 PM

Fears of catching coronavirus during the payment process has given a sharp boost in usage and awareness of contactless payments since the pandemic began, according to a new survey from Mastercard.

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John Adams
April 29, 2020 10:57 AM

Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga says he is certain that science, medicine and innovation will lead the world out of the coronavirus pandemic, but there is little indication of when that will happen.

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David Heun
April 21, 2020 2:47 PM

The coronavirus pandemic has added a troubling twist to the already difficult process of converting fuel pumps to accept EMV chip cards and communicate with the stations' point-of-sale terminals.

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Kate Fitzgerald
April 17, 2020 12:01 AM

Credit card chargebacks were rising in certain categories prior to the coronavirus outbreak, but the pandemic is causing a spike in all types of payment card disputes.

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Michael Moeser
April 9, 2020 1:45 PM

Commonwealth of Australia (CBA) reports digital wallet users spent a AUS$1 billion (about $630 million) in March 2020, a high for the bank that's part of an acceleration to digital wallets and contactless cards during the coronavirus crisis.

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American Express, Mastercard, Visa logos
David Heun
April 7, 2020 12:01 AM

It was less than three months ago, though it seems like a lifetime. Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga welcomed progress in the trade dispute between the U.S. and China, but with a caveat. The good news wouldn't last if the coronavirus became a pandemic.

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