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    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      World Bank
      US nominates former Mastercard chief as World Bank president

      Ajay Banga tapped by Joe Biden as institution shifts to greater focus on climate change

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      Lex
      Mastercard: payment plumbers make a very decent living Premium content

      They have little exposure to the risks from borrowers in hard times and benefit when consumers feel flush

    • Monday, 21 November, 2022
      Patrick Jenkins
      Why Visa and Mastercard have yet to face their Kodak moment

      The fintech disrupters of the payments sector are no such thing

    • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
      LexFinancial services
      Mastercard/Visa: new bill will do little to challenge duopoly Premium content

      Consumers may not feel much benefit from greater competition

    • Wednesday, 24 August, 2022
      Visa and Mastercard blame fraud for post-Brexit fee increases

      Card networks under investigation over levies on UK-EU transactions

    • Thursday, 4 August, 2022
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      Visa and Mastercard cut ties with ad arm of Pornhub owner MindGeek

      Court ruling in lawsuit alleging profits from illegal content lead credit card issuers to distance themselves from TrafficJunky

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      FT Magazine
      Inside the secret, often bizarre world that decides what porn you see

      The adult industry’s de facto regulator isn’t government, international convention or business itself. It’s Mastercard and Visa

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
      UK financial regulation
      UK payment regulator to probe post-Brexit card charges

      Watchdog says Visa and Mastercard have increased cross-border transaction fees fivefold

    • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
      Mastercard launches biometric ‘wave to pay’ programme

      Payments using gestures have struggled to gain widespread adoption among consumers

    • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
      Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
      Which prepaid card should I get for my brother’s carers?

      I need one to help pay for his day-to-day personal expenses

    • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
      ExplainerRussian economy
      Russia reaps reward of domestic payment system after Visa and Mastercard withdraw

      Planning highlights risk for western powers that sanctions reorder the international payments landscape

    • Monday, 11 April, 2022
      The Future of Money
      Inside Mastercard’s first party in the metaverse Premium content

      Plus, how informed. IQ uses artificial technology to underpin loan underwriting and Meta set to introduce virtual coins

    • Sunday, 6 March, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Visa, Mastercard and American Express suspend operations in Russia

      Move by payment networks worsens country’s financial isolation over Ukraine invasion

    • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
      Lex
      Mastercard: payment processors win most from return of credit card spending Premium content

      The group faces some of the lowest cost pressures among financial services companies

    • Friday, 21 January, 2022
      John Gapper
      Debit cards, electric cars and ghosts of technology past

      Many products outlive their usefulness, but it is strangely difficult for companies to let them go

    • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
      UK regulator fines Mastercard and four others over prepaid cards cartel

      Groups to pay more than £33m after being found to have broken competition law

    • Friday, 24 December, 2021
      Helen Thomas
      Stand by for a big year in UK class actions

      Decisions made this year have paved the way for a particular type of collective claim in 2022

    • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
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      Mastercard bets on supply chain finance despite Greensill collapse

      US payments giant launches lending product with UK tech company Demica

    • Monday, 11 October, 2021
      The Future of Money
      Incumbents at the gate of ‘buy now, pay later’

      Plus, pressure builds on Apple’s payments franchise and a Q&A with the co-founder of an Indian fintech modernising cash collection for small business owners

    • Thursday, 9 September, 2021
      Fintech
      Mastercard to buy CipherTrace as bet on crypto deepens

      Deal for anti-money laundering company is payment giant’s latest move into digital assets

    • Friday, 27 August, 2021
      The Top LineTom Braithwaite
      The hardcore problem of payments in porn

      Tougher rules from the likes of Mastercard are being applied unevenly

    • Tuesday, 24 August, 2021
      OnlyFans
      OnlyFans founder blames banks for ban on porn

      Tim Stokely says Bank of New York Mellon ‘flagged and rejected’ all interbank wires linked to website

    • Friday, 20 August, 2021
      News in-depthFinancial services
      How US payments groups ended up on the wrong side of India’s plans

      Strict rules on data storage trip up overseas businesses hoping to expand in a big growth market

    • Wednesday, 18 August, 2021
      Mastercard faces biggest UK class-action lawsuit

      Court gives go-ahead to £10bn claim over credit card fees on behalf of 46m consumers

    • Monday, 19 July, 2021
      The Future of Money
      The winners and losers from India’s Mastercard ban Premium content

      Move will have wide-ranging implications across India’s financial and fintech system, affecting everyone from established lenders to payments startups

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