Mastercard

The bank and payment company are using the technology that underpins digital assets to improve interoperability for international transactions, a major point of friction in trade finance.

By adding Affirm, major now/pay later partner, to its Flexible Credential, the payment network is deepening its embrace of a popular product that's not going away.

The card brand uses a new form of generative AI that improves data sourcing, making human involvement less necessary.

Transaction volume and nonpayment services boosted earnings, and the card network expects these trends to continue into 2025.

Card networks, fintechs and Walmart have started major account-to-account payment initiatives in the past few weeks.

The card lender took full control of Swisscard from UBS; the Financial Conduct Authority is bringing installment lending regulations in line with other consumer financial products; and more payments news from around the world.

The giant card network and the global bank are combining their scale to boost real-time cross-border transfers as fintechs target the market.

The money transfer service and the U.K.'s Post Office were on the verge of an extension. Then the hack came. This and updates from Worldpay, Mastercard and JCB in our global payments roundup.

Interchange reductions for small Canadian businesses join global efforts to curb swipe fees, prompting Visa and Mastercard to diversify

The Swedish buy now/pay later lender has partnered with Adyen and Apple as it builds a merchant network ahead of its U.S. IPO.