Tag: MasterCard

Astrada raises $3.8m seed for autonomous finance

Astrada, the data layer for autonomous finance, has closed a $3.8m seed funding round backed by a roster of prominent investors including Visa and...

Lobster.cash partners with Mastercard for AI agent payments

Lobster.cash, the AI agent payment solution developed by Crossmint, has announced plans to integrate Mastercard Agent Pay and Verifiable Intent, allowing AI agents to...

Why real-time intelligence sharing is now a legal must

A decade ago, the notion of regulated financial institutions exchanging crime intelligence in real time felt far-fetched. Legal barriers loomed large, trust between banks...

United Airlines launches UK-first rewards debit card

United Airlines, the U.S. carrier and operator of the MileagePlus loyalty programme, has teamed up with Currensea, a payments technology platform specialising in co-branded...

What is AI governance? frameworks, risks and best practices

AI is rapidly transforming how organisations operate, influencing everything from automation and customer engagement to complex decision-making and risk analysis. According to Theta Lake,...

Cloudflare and Mastercard target SMB cyber risks

Cloudflare has entered a strategic partnership with Mastercard to develop new tools aimed at strengthening cyber resilience for small businesses, critical infrastructure and governments. The...

KYCP boosts merchant due diligence with MATCH

KYC Portal (KYCP) has introduced a new integration with Mastercard MATCH Pro, enhancing merchant due diligence within its Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) platform. Delivered via...

QNB Group launches Mastercard payment solutions in Syria

QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, and Mastercard have announced a major expansion of their partnership following the granting...

UK regulator tightens oversight of card payment pricing and governance

The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has outlined a new set of measures designed to improve transparency and strengthen governance across card scheme and...

Pay.UK and Vocalink extend contracts for UK payments backbone

Pay.UK and Vocalink, a Mastercard company, have agreed multi-year extensions to their existing infrastructure contracts, a move designed to safeguard the continuity of the...

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