Mastercard
About Mastercard
Mastercard is a global technology company that provides payment processing services for consumers, businesses and governments. The firm operates a vast network supporting credit, debit and prepaid cards, alongside digital solutions such as Click to Pay and cross-border remittance tools. Recent coverage has focused on stablecoin settlement, offline payment requirements in Europe, B2B analytics and partnerships to expand fleet and corporate payment networks.
FF News has published 1055 stories, 63 video interviews and 23 analysis pieces featuring Mastercard since 2015, most recently "Creditstar Group Enters Everyday Payments with New Monefit Credit Card Launch" (12 November 2026).
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Mastercard group companies
- BVNK acquired August 2026
- Recorded Future acquired December 2024
- Truata acquired January 2023
- Dynamic Yield by Mastercard acquired April 2022
- Aiia acquired November 2021
- CipherTrace acquired October 2021
- Ekata acquired June 2021
- Arcus acquired January 2021
- Finicity acquired November 2020
- Mastercard Economics Institute division
- RiskRecon acquired January 2020
- TRANSFAST acquired July 2019
- Ethoca acquired May 2019
- Vocalink acquired May 2017
- Brighterion acquired January 2017
- NuData Security acquired January 2017
- EMVCo joint venture
- MasterCard Advisors division
- Mastercard Mexico subsidiary
- Transactis acquired
People at Mastercard on FF News
- Kelly Devine, President Europe
- Pratik Khowala, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Transfer Solutions, Mastercard
- Mike Cowen, Head of Innovation & Customer Experience, Europe
- Jorn Lambert, Chief Product Officer
- Saud Swar, Senior Vice President for KSA | Bahrain | Jordan & Other Levant
- Sherri Haymond, Co-president
- J K Khalil, Executive Vice President
- Johan Gerber, Executive Vice President, Security Solutions
Latest Mastercard news
- Creditstar Group Enters Everyday Payments with New Monefit Credit Card Launch 12 November 2026
- Sage Partners with Adyen and Mastercard to Launch Embedded Banking for SMBs 10 November 2026 Merchants Eye
- Mastercard and Housing and Development Bank Partner to Transform Egypt's Digital Payment Landscape 10 November 2026 Merchants Eye
- BVNK Integrates Open USD (OUSD) for Enterprise-Scale Stablecoin Payments 10 November 2026 Merchants Eye
- Tencent Deepens Global Payment Interoperability and AI Integration at Hong Kong FinTech Week 9 November 2026 Merchants Eye
- Industrial Development Bank and ElTarek Launch Co-Branded Mastercard for Egypt’s Automotive Sector 6 November 2026 Merchants Eye
- Safwa Islamic Bank and Mastercard Launch Shiffa Card for Sharia-Compliant Healthcare Payments 6 November 2026 Merchants Eye
- J.P. Morgan and Mastercard Back firmly’s $15M Round to Scale Agentic Commerce 5 November 2026 Merchants Eye
- CrediMax and Mastercard Launch Agentic Commerce for Bahraini Merchants 5 November 2026 Merchants Eye
- Mastercard and Samsung Launch Samsung Pay in Morocco to Drive Digital Payment Adoption 4 November 2026 Merchants Eye
- Mastercard and INFINIOS Renew Partnership to Scale B2B Travel Payments Across MENA 4 November 2026 Merchants Eye
- AFS Launches Tap to Pay on iPhone in Bahrain to Revolutionize Merchant Payments 4 November 2026 Merchants Eye
- Mastercard, uwallet, and Jordan Post Launch BareedPay to Boost Financial Inclusion 3 November 2026 Merchants Eye
- Sunrate Debuts Agentic Card to Power AI-Driven Business Payments via Mastercard Network 3 November 2026 Merchants Eye
- Mastercard and EBank Expand Strategic Partnership to Drive Digital Payment Growth in Egypt 3 November 2026 Merchants Eye
- Tencent signs Mastercard MoU on agentic payments, days after a similar Visa deal 3 November 2026 Merchants Eye
- Mastercard Launches Free Cybersecurity Platform to Boost Digital Confidence for Europe’s Small Businesses 3 November 2026 Merchants Eye
- OKX Launches Mastercard Stablecoin Card in the US with 10% Cashback 3 November 2026 Merchants Eye
- DCS DeCard Becomes Mastercard Issuer in Hong Kong with New Corporate Spend Platform 2 November 2026
- Aurionpro Hits Record ₹415 Crore Revenue in Q2 FY27 as AI-Native Banking Stack Gains Global Traction 2 November 2026
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Mastercard video interviews
- Stablecoins, Tokenised Deposits and the Rails Bridging SME Cross-Border Payments 12 October 2026
- Mastercard Move: A Real Example of Closing the SME Cross-Border Gap 9 October 2026
- How Faster Cross-Border Settlement Changes an SME's Cash Flow: Mastercard 7 October 2026
- What Fintechs Need to Do to Win SMEs Over, According to Mastercard 5 October 2026
- Banks vs Fintechs: Who's Winning SME Cross-Border Payments Right Now? 2 October 2026
- What a Successful Sibos 2026 Looks Like for Mastercard's Pratik Khowala 1 October 2026
- Where SMEs Are Still Being Let Down on Cross-Border Payments: Mastercard 30 September 2026
- Why Cross-Border Payments Have Gone From Occasional to Routine for SMEs 29 September 2026
- What SMEs Actually Want From the Cross-Border Payments Experience: Mastercard 28 September 2026
- Nine in 10 SMEs Are Ready to Switch Cross-Border Payments Providers: Mastercard 27 September 2026
- Money in Motion: Inside Mastercard's New SME Cross-Border Payments Report 26 September 2026
- From F1 Pit Stops to Payments: What Mastercard and McLaren Have in Common 25 September 2026
- Mastercard’s Vision for the Future of Global Digital Payments 4 August 2026
- Mastercard on the Future of Seamless Global Payments 29 July 2026
- MPE 2026: Mastercard and Deutsche Bank on Reducing Complexity for Merchants 17 April 2026 Merchants Eye
- MPE 2026: Mastercard’s Dual Vision - Agentic E-commerce and Stablecoins Drive Payments’ Two Biggest Shifts 16 April 2026 Merchants Eye
- Frictionless Payments | BR-DGE & Mastercard at MPE 2025 30 April 2025
- A Fintech Awards Show Like No Other? | Money20/20 | FF News at Money20/20 USA 26 November 2024
- The Fintech Show #140: Partnering Towards US Success with Kani, FIS, Mastercard and ATPC 22 February 2024
- The Paytech Show 6.15: Payments Pressure 4 September 2023
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Mastercard thought leadership
- EXCLUSIVE: "Agent of Change" - Michele Centemero and Eimear Creaven, Mastercard in 'The Paytech Magazine' 11 November 2026 Merchants Eye
- EXCLUSIVE: "Mainstream, but Not as We Know It" - Pavel Kashuba, Coinspaid in 'The Paytech Magazine' 28 October 2026
- The Paytech Magazine Issue #19 22 October 2026
- Money20/20 USA Through Ellie's Eyes: Part the First 20 October 2026
- Who Answers When the Payment Fails? COLIBRIX ONE on Mentorship and Direct Card Acquiring 20 October 2026
- Nattering with Natas 13 October 2026
- ISX Financial® partners with Mastercard to scale global account-to-account payments 13 October 2026
- EXCLUSIVE: "Is Wero The Euro's Hero?" - Breno Oliveira, payabl. in 'The Fintech Magazine' 9 October 2026
- EXCLUSIVE: "When the Agents Go Shopping" - Olivier Sery, G+D, Ivan Vukelikj, G+D Netcetera and Trilochan Sehgal, Daon in 'The Fintech Magazine' 7 October 2026 Merchants Eye
- EXCLUSIVE: "A New Rail Journey" - Stuart Bailey, Lloyds Banking Group in 'The Fintech Magazine' 1 October 2026
- A Thread Through Time: What Mastercard's Payeux Tapestry Tells Us About the Future of Buying 9 September 2026 Merchants Eye
- Why Home WiFi Has Quietly Become Essential Financial Infrastructure 10 July 2026
- The Shift Toward Faster and More Flexible Online Payments 23 June 2026
- EXCLUSIVE: "Passion Project" - Brice van de Walle, Mastercard in 'The Fintech Magazine' 10 October 2025
- EXCLUSIVE: "From Plastic to Progress: Can Card Recycling Help Banks Go Green?" - Maya Reisinger, G+D and Joe Pitcher, Mastercard in 'The Fintech Magazine' 12 June 2025
- EXCLUSIVE: "The Hard Yards" - Sabrina Tharani, Mastercard in 'The Fintech Magazine' 15 March 2024
- EXCLUSIVE: "The New Frontier" - Alan Marquard, Mastercard in 'The Paytech Magazine' 29 June 2023
- EXCLUSIVE: 'Masterstrokes" - Stephen Grainger, Mastercard in 'The Fintech Magazine' 25 October 2022
- EXCLUSIVE: "Time to buddy up?" - Kim Van Esbroeck, Aion Bank; Henri Dewaerheijd, Mastercard and Jonathan Fallon, Tricount in 'The Fintech Magazine' 20 October 2022
- EXCLUSIVE: "To Boldly Grow..." - Babar Khan, Mastercard in 'The Fintech Magazine' 14 October 2022
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