Consumers spent 3.9 percent more from Nov. 1 to Dec. 21 this year compared with last year, according to a Mastercard report on holiday spending. By Kim Bhasin Tariffs, a government shutdown, rising ...

Mastercard this year has made moves to accelerate growth of virtual payments, including enabling banks to more easily embed Virtual Card Number technology with third parties and adding clearing ...

Fiserv said it has deepened its relationship with Mastercard to help scale agentic commerce solutions. Fiserv will be among the first major payment processors to scale Mastercard’s Agent Pay ...

Mastercard Incorporated has vastly outperformed the S&P 500 since its 2006 IPO but has underperformed of late. MA benefits from a wide moat, strong competitive advantages, and sustained high profit ...

NEW YORK, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Visa (V.N), opens new tab and Mastercard (MA.N), opens new tab announced a revised $38 billion settlement with merchants who accused the card networks of charging too much ...

Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. agreed to cut some of the fees they charge merchants and relax two of their most controversial rules in an effort to bring a 20-year legal battle with retailers to a ...

Visa/Mastercard may cut swipe fees a hair (about 0.1%), which helps stores but won’t show up as obvious price drops for shoppers Stores could get more power to favor cheaper cards and even say “no” to ...

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Chris has reported for various tech and consumer goods outlets over the past decade, including Android Police and MakeUseOf since early 2022. Previously, he has contributed to outlets such as ...

The phishing platform “Whisper 2FA” has rapidly become one of the most active tools used in large-scale credential theft campaigns, according to new research from Barracuda. Since July 2025, the ...

The artificial-intelligence boom in payments is rushing on, with two major players going further along the AI commerce road. Mastercard Inc., having announced Mastercard Agent Pay earlier this year, ...