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(20 April 2026 – France) France’s domestic card network Cartes Bancaires (CB) is stepping up efforts to regain market share...
(17 March 2026 – Hong Kong) Mastercard has introduced a new cross-border payments offering for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...
(10 March 2026 – Global) Mastercard is developing an AI-powered “virtual C-suite” designed to provide small businesses with strategic insights...
(18 February 2026 – APAC) Singapore-based DBS Bank has become the first bank in Asia Pacific to trial Visa Intelligent...
(5 February 2026 – Global) Mastercard is leaning into tokenisation and AI agents to reduce transaction friction as future payments...
(22 January 2026 – Australia) Mastercard has appointed former Optus executive Alexandra Sloane as its vice president of integrated marketing...
(15 January 2026 – United Kingdom) Mastercard, Visa and fintech Revolut have failed in a legal challenge against the UK’s...
(7 November 2025 – Global) As a new Bank-Fintech tie-up is announced almost daily for new Stablecoin development, what are...
(11 September 2025 – United States) Citi and US Bank cardholders will be the first to trial Mastercard’s new agentic...
(9 September 2025 – Global) Mastercard has introduced its On-Demand Decisioning (ODD) tool, giving financial institutions greater control over authorisation...
