Airline Loyalty Programs Face New Uncertainty as Visa–Mastercard Fee Settlement Evolves

Dec 05, 2025 08:47 am UTC| Business Insights & Views

A newly proposed third settlement in the nearly 20-year legal fight over Visa and Mastercard interchange fees is raising fresh questions about the long-term economics of airline loyalty programs, according to analysts at Barcla...

Visa and Mastercard Reach Revised Settlement in Merchant Fee Lawsuit

Nov 10, 2025 13:36 pm UTC| Business Law

Visa and Mastercard have agreed to a revised settlement with merchants who accused the payment giants of imposing excessive fees for processing credit card transactions. The proposed deal, revealed in a court filing on Monday i...

Visa and Mastercard Near Settlement to Cut Swipe Fees and Give Merchants More Flexibility

Nov 09, 2025 07:30 am UTC| Business

Visa and Mastercard are reportedly close to reaching a long-awaited settlement with U.S. merchants that could lower the transaction fees retailers pay and give them more control over which types of credit cards they accept. Acc...

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MetaMask and Mastercard Introduce New Crypto Debit Card for Direct Wallet Payments in Europe

Aug 14, 2024 19:18 pm UTC| Digital Currency Technology Business

MetaMask, in partnership with Mastercard, has launched a new crypto debit card, allowing European users to make direct wallet payments and revolutionizing the ease of using digital assets for everyday transactions. MetaMask ...

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Shiba Inu Integrates Visa and MasterCard for Seamless BONE and USDC Transactions on Shibarium

Aug 14, 2024 18:09 pm UTC| Digital Currency Technology Business

Shiba Inu has taken a significant step to enhance its ecosystem by integrating Visa and MasterCard, enabling seamless BONE and USDC purchases on Shibarium, its layer 2 scaling solution. Visa and MasterCard Integration Eases ...

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Mastercard Launches ‘Next Generation’ Blockchain Payments Startup Program

May 16, 2024 04:07 am UTC| Technology Digital Currency

Mastercard has launched the next generation of its blockchain payments startup program, adding 5 innovative firms to explore new payment technologies and real-world solutions. This phase focuses on use cases and trials, collabo...

Visa and Mastercard Reach $30 Billion Antitrust Credit Card Settlement

Mar 27, 2024 03:41 am UTC| Business

Visa and Mastercard reached a monumental $30 billion settlement aimed at restricting credit and debit card fees for merchants. This action is expected to result in potential consumer savings through reduced prices. Antitrust...

Mastercard's Shopping Muse: A New Era in AI-Driven E-commerce Personalization

Dec 01, 2023 09:54 am UTC| Business Fintech Technology

Dynamic Yield by Mastercard, a digital personalization and artificial intelligence subsidiary of Mastercard, has unveiled its latest innovation, Shopping Muse. This generative AI chatbot assistant aims to revolutionize how cons...

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Mastercard Taps Feedzai for a Partnership Deal for Crypto Fraud Protection

Nov 21, 2023 03:07 am UTC| Business Investing Digital Currency

Mastercard Inc. announced it has teamed up with Feedzai to expand crypto fraud protection for all users worldwide. The credit card issuer is making this move to further increase its efforts in detecting and dealing with crypto ...

Walletto’s experience: how to become an Issuer of Visa and Mastercard

Nov 15, 2023 08:50 am UTC| Business

UAB Walletto is a rapidly growing Lithuanian electronic money institution, regulated by the Bank of Lithuania. It is an issuer and acquirer of Visa and Mastercard, providing SEPA and SWIFT payments for international business cu...

Mastercard, NEC Collaborate to Revolutionize Checkout Experiences with Facial Recognition Technology

Nov 15, 2023 05:15 am UTC| Business Fintech

Mastercard and NEC Corporation have partnered to bring the trust and convenience of facial recognition technology to in-store checkout. Under a Memorandum of Understanding, the partnership will leverage NECs face recognition an...

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Mastercard Partners with MoonPay to Unlock Web3 Capabilities in Experiential Marketing

Oct 27, 2023 05:59 am UTC| Business Fintech Digital Currency

Global payment giant Mastercard continues its exploration of cryptocurrency benefits through a new collaboration with crypto payment platform MoonPay. The partnership aims to explore how Web3 tools can improve experiential mark...

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Mastercard Partners with Reserve Bank of Australia for Groundbreaking CBDC-NFT Trial

Oct 13, 2023 08:55 am UTC| Economy Fintech Digital Currency Business

Mastercard and the Reserve Bank of Australia have completed a groundbreaking trial integrating central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) with Ethereum-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs), potentially redefining digital asset transac...

Mercedes Pay+ Debuts In-Car Fingerprint Payments in Partnership with Mastercard

Sep 26, 2023 09:24 am UTC| Business Economy Technology

Mercedes-Benz collaborates with Mastercard to launch Mercedes Pay+, facilitating in-car refueling payments. Using an integrated fingerprint sensor, drivers can now securely settle fuel bills directly from their vehicles. This p...

Mastercard Refutes Wall Street Journal's Claims of Rising Credit Card Fees

Sep 07, 2023 04:04 am UTC| Business Economy

In response to a Wall Street Journal article, Mastercard, the worlds second-largest payment processor, denies plans to increase merchant credit card fees, calling the report a misunderstanding of industry terminology. The ex...