Mastercard

The card brand is working with the International Chamber of Commerce to support authentication to vaccine and test tracking. It may not be an easy task.

Transit and parking draw new users to mobile wallets, and Google is expanding both features to add use cases for its payment app.

The card brand's data exchange platform, which provides mobile real-time processing, has gained support from the likes of PNC and Citizens.

The card brand's data exchange platform, which provides mobile real-time processing, has gained support from the likes of PNC and Citizens.

The global card brand is positioning itself to play a key role in the development of central bank digital currencies.

The global card brand is positioning itself to play a key role in the development of central bank digital currencies.

The pandemic has accelerated the card brand's shift toward providing ancillary services including analytics and dispute resolution.

In a post-Brexit move, Mastercard is raising interchange rates for card-not-present transactions on U.K.-issued cards when spent with European merchants.

In a bid to expand contactless card acceptance, Mastercard is testing its Cloud Tap on Phone tech with Napa, Calif.-based IT services provider Computer Engineering Group (CEG).

The year — and the coronavirus pandemic — caused a dramatic shift in attitude. Many consumers and merchants now saw contactless cards and mobile payments as a way to move ahead without the germ fears that come with touching cash and PIN pads. And even after those fears subsided, the new habits stuck around.