MasterCard Press Archives

Win the morning with Masterpass and Dunkin’ Donuts

PURCHASE, NY (May 25, 2017) — To ensure coffee lovers get their morning started right, Dunkin’ Donuts now accepts Masterpass by Mastercard so guests can quickly and easily purchase and reload virtual Dunkin’ Donuts cards on DunkinDonuts.com and the Dunkin' Mobile App. Using Masterpass ...

U.S. EMV adoption by merchants, issuers continues

PURCHASE, NY (May 26, 2016) — Americans are increasingly using EMV chip cards to make purchases as 68 percent of all U.S.-issued MasterCard-branded consumer credit cards feature the technology as of April 30, 2016. Chip-active merchant locations also increased to 1.4 million ...

MasterCard wins 16 best in category awards at 2016 Pay Award

PURCHASE, NY (March 23, 2016) — This week in New Orleans, MasterCard went home with a total of 16 Best in Category Awards at the 10th Annual Pay Awards– one of the most prestigious recognitions of excellence in the worldwide prepaid, mobile and emerging payments ...

MasterCard and Coin sign agreement to power wearable payments

PURCHASE, NY (January 8, 2016) — MasterCard today announced a partnership with Coin to bring MasterCard payments to a wide array of fitness bands, smart watches and other wearable devices. This collaboration builds upon the MasterCard announcement in October introducing the Commerce for Every Device ...

MasterCard at #Money2020 – the future of connected commerce

PURCHASE, NY (October 21, 2015) — The digital shift in payments is the biggest change in the industry since the introduction of plastic, and the next five years could see more change than took place in the previous fifty. MasterCard is thinking differently, designing products ...

MasterCard to tokenize MasterPass for online and in-app shopping

PURCHASE, NY (October 20, 2015) — MasterPass has increasingly been making shopping easier and safer for consumers and merchants in 24 countries around the globe. Today, MasterCard announced it will integrate a fully tokenized checkout experience within MasterPass, leveraging the MasterCard Digital Enablement Service (MDES). ...

U.S. move to chip cards on track

PURCHASE, NY (September 30, 2015) — The Payments Security Task Force (PST) today shared the latest in a series of updates from payment card issuers, acquirers, and merchants on the U.S. move to chip technology. The PST’s eight financial institutions reported that 30 ...

MasterCard transforms aid distribution

PURCHASE, NY (September 25, 2015) — Humanitarian organizations are increasingly asked to provide aid in a climate of political and economic unrest. To address this challenge, MasterCard today launched the MasterCard Aid Network, an end-to-end, non-financial service designed to streamline aid distribution even in the ...

Take 5 to protect yourself with MasterCard ID theft alerts

PURCHASE, NY (September 16, 2015) — Five minutes is all it takes for fraudsters to wreak havoc with your personal and financial information. That’s why, starting today, MasterCard is launching its “Take 5 to Protect Yourself” initiative, a campaign to encourage cardholders to fight ...