Mastercard

Coinbase Is Expanding Its Payment and Cash Out Methods

The crypto exchange is adding support for more payment and cash out methods in the U.S. as well as allowing users with linked bank accounts to instantly sell as much as $100,000 per transaction. In a blog post published Thursday, Coinbase announced new integrations with Apple Pay and Google Pay, previously only available when synced […]

Business  ·  5 August 2021

Mastercard Adds a Crypto Track to Its Incubator Program

The program may rival Visa’s Fast Track initiative for crypto startups.

Business  ·  27 July 2021
CoinFlash

Ripple Hires Mastercard’s Sendi Young as European Managing Director

Young will be responsible for overseeing strategy including the expansion of Ripple’s network technology, RippleNet.

News  ·  30 June 2021
CBDCs

Mastercard Exec Shares Thoughts on Crypto Rewards, Stablecoin and CBDC Plans

Jessica Turner, the storied payment network’s fintech executive, reflects on mainstream crypto adoption at Consensus 2021.

People  ·  26 May 2021
Payments

Mastercard Survey Offers Tentative Encouragement for Crypto Adoption

The payments giant polled 15,569 consumers in 18 countries; 40% said they plan to use cryptocurrency in the next year.

Business  ·  4 May 2021
CBDCs

Mastercard to Explore Applications It Can Build on Top of CBDCs

In the company’s latest quarterly earnings call, CEO Michael Miebach noted that the company is investing in smart contract technology to pair with central bank digital currencies.

Business  ·  29 April 2021
Mastercard

Mastercard Revealed as Partner on Gemini Crypto Credit Card

Gemini cardholders will be given the option to transfer their crypto rewards into interest-earning program Gemini Earn.

Business  ·  27 April 2021
Payments

Payments Firm Wirex Launches Multi-Currency Debit Card in UK, Europe

The card supports 18 currencies, crypto among them.

News  ·  9 March 2021
CBDCs

Mastercard Launches Prepaid Card for World’s First CBDC in Bahamas

The Bahamian Sand Dollar can now be used for payments anywhere Mastercard is accepted.

Policy & regulation  ·  17 February 2021
Mastercard

Mastercard Will Let Merchants Accept Payments in Crypto This Year

The payments giant plans to support digital currency transactions directly on network.

News  ·  10 February 2021
Visa

Credit Card Companies Should Offer Stablecoin Payments or Be Left Behind: Gartner

Centralized payment firms like Visa, Mastercard and PayPal have an opportunity to offer innovative stablecoin payment networks, the research firm said.

News  ·  5 February 2021
CBDC

Mastercard President Says Crypto Patents Will Pay Off When Central Bank Digital Currencies Arrive

Crypto IP "puts us in a good position" for central bank digital currencies, said Mastercard President Miebach.

News  ·  2 November 2020
CoinFlash

Mastercard Releases Platform Enabling Central Banks to Test Digital Currencies

Payments giant Mastercard said its new testing platform will simulate the issuance, distribution and utility of digital currencies for central banks.

Business  ·  9 September 2020
CoinFlash

Mastercard Now Allows Crypto Firm Wirex to Issue Payment Cards

Mastercard said Wirex is the first crypto company to become a principal member, meaning it can directly issue payment cards to its customers.

News  ·  20 July 2020
BitPay

BitPay Launches Prepaid Crypto Mastercard for US Customers

The new debit card enables U.S. customers to spend their crypto holdings as fiat currency.

Business  ·  16 June 2020