Payment cards

The card network and the aid organization have also worked together in China and Myanmar.

The plastic card is an aging tool in payments, but there's still room for innovation in its design and features. Here are a few new concepts that favor technology and style as differentiators.

The move will help consumers directly authorize payments to third parties without providing the physical card or full account details.

Jack Henry will be able to provide full-service credit and debit card processing to all existing core bank and credit union clients on a single platform.

Mastercard is trying very hard to get people to use "Masterpass" as a verb, and there is more to this mindset than promoting the card network's digital wallet.

Virtual cards are starting to gain ground, and WEX sees a big opportunity in hotel chains' need to beef up security.

Mastercard has promoted longtime executive Ed McLaughlin to president of operations and technology, where he will oversee all of the card network’s technology functions.

The widespread use of fingerprint authentication in mobile devices has made many consumers comfortable with the technology. So is Mastercard's test of a biometric payment card a case of plastic catching up to a modern tech trend, or is it instead dragging biometrics back in time?

As the smartphones become ATM cards, a new set of security risks emerges. Thorough ID protection is necessary to keep no-card ATMs secure.

Payments volume and cross-border business helped drive the strong performance.