Mastercard collaborates with Yoco to bring card payments to another 15 000 Small and Medium Businesses in South Africa
By Press Release 25 October 2017Mastercard has announced a collaboration with South African fintech company Yoco to roll out 15 000 mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) devices to small and medium-sized businesses by... FULL STORY >
New Mastercard service helps reduce fraud-related costs while improving the consumer experience
By Press Release 4 October 2017Earlier this week Mastercard launched a new service, Early Detection System, which provides issuers with a unique advanced alert for cards and accounts at a heightened risk of fraudulent use. FULL STORY >
Revealed: Sage Payments Landscape Report for small business
By Press Release 21 June 2017Sage Payments Landscape Report reveals that 90% of respondents are more likely to shop somewhere that offers them multiple ways to pay. FULL STORY >
Are authenticated collections reinventing the debit order?
By Staff Writer 3 May 2017By Niel Bester, SVP Products at Entersekt. FULL STORY >
Mastercard unveils next generation Biometric Card
By Press Release 20 April 2017Mastercard today unveiled the next generation biometric card, combining chip technology with fingerprints to conveniently and safely verify the cardholder’s identity for in-store purchases. FULL STORY >
Amid gender pay gap claims, Google releases payment methodology
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 11 April 2017After coming under fire over gender pay gap reports, Google has released information on its 'focus on pay equity' and 'gender-blindness'. FULL STORY >
Masterpass accepted at 30 000 SnapScan merchants nationwide
By Press Release 24 November 2016Masterpass is now the most widely accepted digital wallet in South Africa. FULL STORY >
Mobile Payment security for a globetrotting generation
By Press Release 8 November 2016Ajay Bhalla, president for Enterprise Security for Mastercard, unpacks how mobile payment security and advances in technology and the travel experience – compared to only a few years ago – are making things faster, simpler and more... FULL STORY >
Digitata takes Mastercard’s digital payment message to mobile masses
By Press Release 28 October 2016Mastercard in collaboration with Digitata Insights, a subsidiary of Digitata, recently launched a gamification campaign to educate South Africans on the benefits of making safe, secure and fast payments with Masterpass. FULL STORY >
Masterpass enables Microsoft Wallet, Android Pay and Samsung Pay users to shop online
By Press Release 25 October 2016Integration of Masterpass with digital wallets strengthens Mastercard vision to support all forms of secure digital commerce for cardholders. FULL STORY >
Uber launches debit card in Mexico
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 24 October 2016With credit and cash the only options locally, could we look to follow Mexico? FULL STORY >
Seamless digital payments are the key to unlocking the promise of omni-channel retail
By Press Release 18 October 2016Victor de Kock, head of Strategic Merchants and Acceptance, Mastercard, South Africa sheds light on how seamless digital payments are the key to unlocking the promise of omni-channel retail and how retailers... FULL STORY >
Vodacom launches Masterpass in-app payments for secure mobile purchases
By Press Release 4 October 2016Vodacom customers can now buy airtime, data bundles and SMS bundles through the My Vodacom mobile application using Masterpass. FULL STORY >
City of Ekurhuleni and Mastercard help ratepayers pay their bills using their smartphones
By Press Release 28 September 2016Mastercard has announced that together with the City of Ekurhuleni, they are helping ratepayers pay their bills using their smartphones. This comes as a global first, with the metro being the first local... FULL STORY >
Online shopping made simple, easy and more secure with Visa Checkout
By Press Release 20 September 2016Visa, a global payments technology company has announced that over 100 merchants are among the first wave of South African online retailers that have joined Visa Checkout. FULL STORY >
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