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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.
Read moreMastercard 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
Read moreCyber 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
Read moreA 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
Read moreMastercard 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
Read moreMastercard 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.
Read moreQR 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
Read moreThe 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
Read moreFIME 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”).
Read moreNuData 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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