MENA fintech pioneer partners with Mastercard to lead global payment innovationRevolutionary service transforms eCommerce by eliminating passwords and OTPsDubai, United Arab Emirates--(Newsfile Corp. - November 30, 2024) - Tap Payments, one of the leading payment institutions and technology providers in the Middle East and North Africa, has partnered with Mastercard to launch the world's first Click to Pay with Payment Passkey service, marking a breakthrough in secure online shopping globally.Maria-Parpou, ...

The Mastercard Foundation has reportedly established itself as a major institutional investor following a private equity deal.As Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (Nov. 26), the foundation has for years been one of the most successful investors in the world based on the strength of its sole holding: Mastercard.But the foundation is now trimming that $50 billion stake, diversifying into various assets and — more recently — purchasing discounted private equity stakes.For example, the report said, Mastercard Fou ...

There aren't as many famous brands in the financial sector as in, say, consumer electronics. Finance tends to be a fairly straightforward without cool new products. There are exceptions, though, and payment card giant Mastercard (MA 1.10%) is one of the very few. Mastercard's fame comes from its ubiquity as the No. 2 payment card brand (behind leader Visa) on the planet. Millions of Americans have at least one Mastercard credit or debit card in their possession, and this monster presence makes the company p ...

Payment/software solutions provider Unzer has formed an open banking-focused collaboration with Mastercard.The collaboration, announced Monday (Nov. 25), makes Mastercard Unzer’s open banking partner in Germany, Austria and Denmark to enhance open banking account-based payments to power eCommerce payments across Unzer’s payment gateways. “Through this partnership, Unzer and Mastercard aim to create a unified digital payment ecosystem by leveraging Mastercard Open Banking-driven solutions enabling access to ...

Mastercard will launch an immersive shopping experience in Fort Langley, British Columbia, Canada, that aims to support small businesses.The shopping experience will include a storybook created by Mastercard as well as local stores’ storefront displays and in-store art installations that are tied to the book and help tell parts of the story, the company said in a Monday (Nov. 25) press release.In addition, visitors who make a purchase at participating businesses will be given a free wooden puzzle piece that ...

Oslo, Norway and Seoul, South Korea – 25 November 2024: Global smart card technology company Biosmart has obtained the Letter of Approval (LoA) from Mastercard for its biometric payment card built on the IDEX Pay platform. Biosmart can now move to industrialized production of biometric payment cards. Biosmart is a Korea based manufacturer with an annual production capacity of 50+ million payment cards. Biosmart is a trusted partner of leading banks in Asia, Middle East, Europe and USA. IDEX Biometrics diff ...

Mastercard Incorporated (MA) recently collaborated with a Senegal-based fintech firm, New Africa Technology (NAT), in a bid to launch a virtual and physical prepaid card tied to NAT's digital wallet, "Flash." Transactions through the wallet can be done using both virtual and physical prepaid cards, and a seamless payment experience is assured. It incorporates features like invoice splitting among multiple users, expense management, and budgeting tools. The app also works seamlessly with regional wallets, al ...

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The payment processing giant still has a bright future.Over the past three years, Mastercard's (MA -0.42%) stock has rallied by more than 40% as the S&P 500 advanced by about 25%. The payment processing giant impressed investors with its robust growth, wide moat, and resistance to economic headwinds.But will it keep rising over the next three years?How does Mastercard make money?Mastercard and Visa are the two largest card payment processing companies in the world, but neither of them issues any cards. Inst ...

One of the more prominent market-beating financial sector stocks this month has been payment processing giant Mastercard (MA -0.05%). That stands to reason: On Oct. 31, the company delivered a third-quarter earnings report showing solid growth and a double beat on analysts' estimates. Speaking of Mastercard analysts, one Wall Street pro who covers the sturdy financial company recently upped his price target on the stock. Is his burst of fresh optimism justified?Price target liftOn Friday, TD Cowen's Bryan B ...