NFC Coming To iPhone 5? MasterCard Thinks So
Ed McLaughlin, head of emerging payments at MasterCard, has given some weight to rumors that Apple’s next iPhone will finally include near field communication technology. In a recent interview with...
View ArticleMasterCard and VISA Warning Banks of Massive Processor Breach
Krebs on Security, a security news and investigation site, is reporting that both VISA and MasterCard are warning banks of a security breach at a U.S. credit card processor. The breach is said to be...
View ArticleCredit Card Processor Hack Update: 1.5 Million Cards Compromised
Last week it was reported that a major U.S. credit card processor’a security had been breached and that millions of credit card numbers and data were stolen. The specific processor that was the victim...
View ArticleMasterCard Announces PayPass Wallet Services
A recent survey conducted by MasterCard has shown that consumers demand more efficient and secure checkouts when making purchases. Now MasterCard’s payment platform will better integrate transactions...
View ArticleAngry Birds Credit Cards Coming Soon…..To Russia
What is left for Rovio to do after having their Angry Birds games downloaded over 1 billion times? Get into a partnership with a Russian bank to have an Angry Birds credit card of course. According to...
View ArticleHacker Releases Visa and Mastercard Information Stolen From Chase Bank
According to a hacker who calls himself Reckz, or Jeremy, he has gained access to Visa and Mastercard files through several large banks. He then released the information minus several critical aspects...
View ArticleMasterCard and Deutsche Telekom Partner for Mobile Payments
MasterCard and Deutsche Telekom announced today that they have entered into a partnership to bring mobile phone payments to more Europeans over the next year. Deutsche Telekom has around 93 million...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble Partners With Mastercard For Nook Promotion
Are you one of the millions of Americans who use a Mastercard credit card? Have you always wanted a Nook HD or Nook HD+? If you answered yes to both of these questions, you may want to take advantage...
View ArticleMasterCard Introduces MasterPass Digital Wallet, Partnership With mFoundry
MasterCard introduced MasterPass today at Mobile World Congress, calling it the “future of digital payments”. The service lets people use any payment card or enabled device to “discover enhanced...
View ArticleFoursquare Partners with Visa, MasterCard for Amex-Like Offers
In early 2011, Foursquare and American Express launched a partnership that allowed card-owners to score discounts and cashback by using Foursquare to check-in and spend at certain participating...
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Microsoft Launches ‘Bing Offers Card-Linked’ Deals
Earlier this year, Bing announced Bing Offers, its latest foray into the local deals space. The product launched across the United States. Today, the company has announced an expansion of that with...
View ArticleKylie Minogue Pranks One Of Her Biggest Fans [VIDEO]
What if your favorite singer came to your job or local gym to give you a personal performance? That would be pretty cool, huh? Well, that’s what happened to Adam Miner of Crouch End, England recently,...
View ArticleMasterCard Is Using Facial Recognition for Online Purchases
Biometric security is on the rise, by all reports. One recently suggested that by 2019, over 770 million biometric authentication applications will be downloaded each year. Right now that number is...
View ArticleMasterCard Launches Online MarketPlace
MasterCard Worldwide said today is has entered into a three- year exclusive alliance with ecommerce aggregator Next Jump to launch the MasterCard MarketPlace. MasterCard MarketPlace offers access to...
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Is MasterCard Declaring War on PayPal?
This week MasterCard announced a new developer initiative, which will place MasterCard payment technology in mobile and online apps. "We are excited about tapping into the ingenuity of software...
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Amazon Partners With MasterCard On Free Shipping
Amazon.com has released its annual 2010 Holiday Toy List, which features this year’s most popular toys, video games, sporting goods, electronics, music, movies and books for kids. The online retailer...
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MasterCard.com (and Visa.com) Taken Down By Wikileaks-Supporting Hackers?
Update 3. MasterCard is back, and Anonymous (those behind Operation Payback) have issues a press release. Update 2: The group (Operation Payback) credited with bringing down both MasterCard.com and...
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Anonymous Wikileaks Avengers: We Don’t Want Your Credit Card Info or to...
"Anonymous" is an "Internet gathering" of people that has perpetrated Operation Payback, which took down MasterCard.com, Visa.com and others, because of how they’ve handled their relationships with...
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Android Payments System Could Pit Google Against Groupon
Payments looks to be one of the most important battle fields on which the big tech companies are engaging. We’ve known for some time that Google would be getting into the NFC-based payment realm – in...
View ArticleiPhone 5 To Support NFC?
I know what you’re thinking, the iPhone 5 isn’t even here yet and it’s already in favor of the National Football Conference. Well, you’re wrong. . .kind of. NFC or Near-Field Communications is a...
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