Tag "MasterCard"
EZ-Link Partners With Mastercard for Greater Digital Payments Capabilities
EZ-Link announced the launch of its enhanced EZ-Link Wallet that was developed in collaboration with Mastercard. When users activate the new Pay by Wallet feature, they can use their EZ-Link Wallet to make online and in-store contactless payments at over
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Mastercard Invests in Indian Unicorn Zeta, Signs a 5-Year Partnership
Zeta, an Indian banking tech unicorn and provider of next-gen credit card processing to banks and fintechs, announced that it has signed a 5-year global partnership with Mastercard. As part of the agreement, the firms will go-to-market jointly to launch
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Mastercard Invests in Global Processing Services, Expands Their Partnership
Payment technology platform Global Processing Services (GPS) has announced a new partnership with Mastercard, who has also made a strategic investment into the company for an undisclosed sum. The funding was due to GPS’ strong investment in international expansion and
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DBS Rolls Out BNPL Payments for Credit Card Users With Mastercard and Pine Labs
Mastercard, DBS Bank and Pine Labs have partnered to launch ‘Mastercard Installments with Pine Labs”, enabling DBS/POSB credit cardholders to access Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) offers at checkout across a variety of merchants. DBS is the first regional issuer
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Mastercard Users Can Soon Buy NFTs From Coinbase’s Marketplace
Mastercard announced a partnership with cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase to let people use their Mastercard cards to make purchases on the latter’s upcoming non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. This partnership comes on the heels of the company’s recent “Coinbase NFT” launch, a
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Mastercard Names Safdar Khan as Division President for Southeast Asia
Mastercard announced that Safdar Khan has been named as its Division President for Southeast Asia. This appointment is an expansion of his former role as Division President, Southeast Asia Emerging Markets. A 15-year veteran of Mastercard, Khan’s previous role saw
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Mastercard Launches BNPL Commercial Card for SMEs in APAC
Mastercard announced that it has launched a “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) commercial card solution called “Mastercard Pay & Split” for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Asia Pacific region. Accepted at 80 million merchants worldwide, the card-led installments
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Mastercard Launches Crypto-Linked Cards with Amber Group, Bitkub, and CoinJar
Three cryptocurrency service providers Amber Group, newly minted crypto unicorn Bitkub in Thailand, and CoinJar in Australia will be launching crypto-linked Mastercard payment cards. All three of these digital asset service providers offer cryptocurrency purchase and exchange services in their
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Mastercard, Grab to Provide Digital Upskilling for Millions of Informal Workers and SMEs
Mastercard and Southeast Asian superapp Grab announced a regional partnership to provide millions of informal workers and small businesses on the latter’s platform access to digital upskilling opportunities This push to advance digital and financial inclusion in the region aims
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STACS Joins Mastercard’s Start Path Blockchain Programme
Singaporean blockchain development company Hashstacs (STACS) announced that it is joining Mastercard’s new global startup engagement programme Start Path. The programme is dedicated to supporting fast-growing blockchain and digital assets companies. STACS said in a statement that it is one
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