mPOS transaction values to exceed $1.9tn by 2024, fuelled by new use cases

New data from Juniper Research forecasts that mPOS (Mobile Points of Sale) transaction values will exceed $1.9 trillion (€1.7 trillion) by 2024, up from $850 billion (€765 billion) in 2019.

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Mastercard and R3 partner to develop new blockchain-powered cross-border payments solution

Mastercard and R3, a blockchain software provider, have announced a strategic partnership to develop and pilot a new blockchain-enabled cross-border payments solution that will initially focus on connecting global faster

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Cyber criminals are innovating faster than businesses, say 83% of respondents to Infosecurity Europe poll

The majority (83%) of respondents to the latest Twitter poll from Infosecurity Europe 2019 – a European information security event – believe that organisations are not innovating as quickly as

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A payments perspective on Mobile World Congress 2019

For anyone attending Mobile World Congress 2019, they have no doubt gone to bed dreaming of 5G networks and foldable smartphones. But dig a little deeper, and there was a

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Mastercard acquires Ethoca to reduce digital commerce fraud

Mastercard, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Ethoca, a global provider of technology solutions that help merchants and card issuers collaborate in real-time to quickly identify and resolve

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Mastercard accredits FIME for biometric evaluation services

FIME has been accredited by Mastercard to deliver biometric authentication testing services for fingerprint in line with its new guidelines for mobile device sensors.

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QR payments hit pay dirt!

Scanning a QR code to make a payment is somewhat incongruous in countries like the United Kingdom, but it’s exploding elsewhere. This technology, originally developed in Japan, has captured the

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The financial services community just got serious about identity

I find myself sitting in Schiphol Airport, trying to switch off. But I can’t, says Lina Andolf-Orup of Fingerprints. As with everyone that went to Money 20/20 Europe, I’m exhausted. But I leave

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FIME and Barnes’ joint personalisation validation tool achieved latest Mastercard qualification

FIME and Barnes International announce that their jointly-developed personalisation validation tool (PVT) is qualified against the latest Mastercard PVT Tool Release 2018 Requirements v11.3 March 2018, (“Mastercard Requirements”).

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NuData Security says, 40% of all account access attempts are high-risk

NuData Security, a Mastercard company, and a provider in the field of passive biometrics, has identified some concerning trends in account creation and takeover.

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