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(11 February 2020 – China) Mastercard has received approval from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) to begin formal preparations...
(6 February 2020 – Australia) Australian regulators are considering intervention to stop banks using Visa and Mastercard as their default...
(22 January 2020 – China) As Visa, Mastercard and American Express prepare to enter China for the first time, one...
(4 October 2019 – Global) PayPal has announced it will no longer be participating in Facebook’s Libra project amid concerns...
(10 September 2019 – United States) R3 and MasterCard have partnered to develop a blockchain powered cross border payments system...
(6 August 2019 – Europe) Mastercard has acquired the account-to-account payment business of Nordic platform Nets for €2.85 billion. The...
(22 January 2019 – Australia) CBA has announced that Apple Pay is now available to all CBA and Bankwest customers...
(14 January 2019 – China) China’s central bank has refused to acknowledge applications submitted by Visa and Mastercard to process...
(12 September 2018 – Global) Mastercard has launched a global trade platform designed to streamline and automate the procure-to-pay process...
(31 August 2018 – Global) Google and Mastercard have partnered to trial a new tool allowing some merchants to track...