As the Apple-Goldman Sachs deal nears its end, leading financial companies are trying to grab the lucrative opportunity.
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In September 2023, Microsoft announced early access to Xbox Mastercard, a credit card with perks for gamers. Today, the no-annual-fee card is available to all residents of the United States.
Mastercard has developed a new AI tool called Consumer Fraud Risk which helps banks to stop people from sending money to scammers. It could help prevent the loss of £100 million every year.
Apple has introduced a facility for Apple customers that allows them to get loans of a maximum of $1,000 when making online or in-store purchases and divide payments into four installments.
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Microsoft and Mastercard have announced enhancements to the latter's Digital Transactions Insights solution, which now has "next-gen" identity verification and real-time decision-making capabilities.
Vodafone's new Economy of Things platform, Digital Asset Broker, presents a world where devices can buy and sell for us. The latest DAB trial offers compatible charging points in Newbury, Berkshire.
Representatives from Google, Microsoft, Mastercard, IBM, and more are meeting with the UK government today to advise on how to remove international data transfer barriers following Brexit.
Apple Cash, which is Apple's peer-to-peer payments service, now supports both Visa and MasterCard that will allow users to instantly transfer money from Apple Cash to their bank accounts.
Opera has launched a new fintech called Dify. Dify will provide users with cashback at certain retailers and in future it will introduce new services like savings management, credit, and more.
The partnership will focus on extending Mastercard's cloud services for its clients, alongside development of new business models. Financial inclusion will also be a core component of the partnership.
As announced earlier in the year, Samsung today announced the availability of Samsung Money, its money management platform developed in partnership with SoFi and Mastercard, in the U.S.
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The newly launched web portal will provide an alternative way to the Wallet app for viewing and printing bank statements, checking credit, scheduling payments, and more, with the Apple Card.
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Samsung has introduced a new digital payment service in partnership with Curve and Mastercard. The Samsung Pay Card system will let you manage your spending in a single place using your phone.
In an official statement, Goldman Sachs stated that the gender is not factored in when determining creditworthiness. It also hinted at the potential cause for lower credit limits, among other things.
Google has launched online debit card payments through Google Pay in Brazil. Due to fraud, some online retailers don't allow debit cards, with this announcement, Google enables debit cards to be used.
The Libra Association has lost its backing from Mastercard, Visa, eBay, and Stripe. Facebook said it was a short term blow, but in a way, liberating. The firms could return once regulation is sorted.
Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency could see delays after insiders revealed that Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, and PayPal all have doubts over the proposed cryptocurrency due to the scrutiny it's under.
Walgreens just announced a partnership with Apple coming into effect from tomorrow. Apple Card users who pay with Apple Pay will receive 3% Daily Cash at Walgreens and Duane Reade shops.
Apple Pay is now available to all Danske Bank account holders in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway. Customers in these regions can use the iOS payment app with both Visa and Mastercard.
A new report claims that Apple and Goldman Sachs may jointly launch a new credit card that tightly integrates into the Wallet app for finance management. Cashback offers are also planned.
Mastercard is taking steps to protect its customers from being inadvertently charged after ending a free trial for a product. Merchants will need to ask for permission before charging a card.
Microsoft is teaming up with Mastercard on a service that allows users to "enter, control and share their identity data their way" using their personal devices, to enhance digital identity management.
Starting next year, Grab's customers in the Philippines and Singapore will be able to pay at any online and offline merchant using a prepaid card, courtesy of the firm's tie-up with Mastercard.
Microsoft Pay has been updated with support for Masterpass. Users can start using the service by linking their Microsoft account with Masterpass to make payments using Microsoft Edge on Windows 10.
It is being rumored that Samsung may offer its mobile payments technology, Samsung Pay, to other smartphone manufacturers in the hopes of building omnipresence and dominating the mobile phone market.
Mastercard has revealed a new credit card with a fingerprint scanner. While fingerprint security isn't foolproof, it does improve the current state of bank card security, which uses just a PIN.
Following last month's launch in Malaysia, Samsung has today launched its mobile payment service in India with support for Mastercard and Visa cards issued by five banks in addition to Paytm wallets.
Samsung Pay has processed over a 100 million transactions since its inception last year. Today, the company has announced plans to offer online and in-app payment support via MasterCard's Masterpass.
Android Pay isn't the only payment platform to announce support for Mastercard's digital payment service this week. Masterpass is also coming to Windows 10 phones, tablets and PCs.
Google announced that it would bring support for the Visa Checkout and MasterPass payment services to Android Pay. This payment option will automatically appear on any site that already supports them.
Curve, an all-in-one credit card, is vying to replace your wallet. But, unlike competitors, the Curve card offers compatibility with chip and pin, magnetic stripe and contactless technology.
Today, and over the next three weeks, MasterCard's 'Fare Free Mondays' promotion will cover the cost of travelling anywhere on London's public transport network, when you touch in with Apple Pay.
The password-based authentication systems from Visa and MasterCard are to be upgraded with a new 3D Secure 2.0 standard, which launches next year and will eventually support biometric authentication.
A hacker going by the name of Reckz0r or "Jeremy", claims to have gained over 50GB of data from Visa and Mastercard customers, it would be wise to watch your credit info closely.
Credit card companies Visa and MasterCard have reported that a data breach at a US-based processor has recently occurred and may have exposed up to 10 million credit card numbers.
Nexus S users can now use Google Wallet, the company's first "tap and go" payment solution if they're on the Sprint network. The technology uses NFC and will soon support most major credit cards.
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