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Sep 18, 2026, 18:45 UTC
Mastercard, Trip.com and Network International are partnering to showcase an AI-powered agentic travel booking experience using Mastercard's Agent Suite for Merchants, with a phased rollout and commercial launch expected in early 2027.
Source:Sep 18, 2026, 18:15 UTC
Mastercard launched its Wallet Pay portfolio, a suite of payment services enabling digital wallets to expand cross-border and connect to more merchants, with GCash participating via its Alipay+ partnership.
Source:Sep 18, 2026, 10:00 UTC
Mastercard is targeting 100% tokenization of its online transactions by 2030, with more than 30% of its global transactions already tokenized.
Source:Sep 18, 2026, 00:47 UTC
Citi launched Mastercard's subscription management capability, Smart Subscriptions, in the United Arab Emirates.
Source:Sep 17, 2026, 13:39 UTC
Tokens on Circle's Arc blockchain, including TOLLY and ARGUS, fell sharply after traders sold following the appearance of an Indian builder on the mainnet launch livestream.
Source:Sep 17, 2026, 12:02 UTC
Mastercard partnered with Alchemy to launch an intelligent agent payment solution.
Source:Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 UTC
Mastercard signed a deal to prepare its payment systems for AI shopping agents, as Visa and American Express also ready their systems for agentic bots that shop on behalf of cardholders.
Source:Sep 17, 2026, 10:53 UTC
Swedish fintech Trustly announced it is cutting around 200 jobs globally, about a quarter of its headcount, mostly affecting its teams in Brazil, to focus investment on priority areas of the open banking market.
Source:Sep 17, 2026, 07:28 UTC
Circle launched the public mainnet of its Arc Layer 1 network, an open blockchain for financial markets and real-time money movement.
Source:Sep 16, 2026, 15:00 UTC
Trip.com Group and Mastercard are exploring the next era of travel through AI-powered initiatives.
Source:Sep 16, 2026, 14:30 UTC
Visa, Mastercard and Citibank are expected to announce agreements with financial and hospitality partners in Vietnam at a business conference in New York on September 23.
Source:Sep 16, 2026, 12:30 UTC
barq announced collaborations with Mastercard, UnionPay International and Geidea at Money20/20 Middle East in Riyadh to expand its payments ecosystem.
Source:Sep 15, 2026, 17:12 UTC
Mastercard launched a new marketing push rethinking its nearly 30-year-old 'Priceless' campaign, aimed at giving America's 36 million small businesses a morale boost amid energy price, tariff, and cost pressures.
Source:Sep 15, 2026, 13:30 UTC
Mastercard released its inaugural Dreamonomics report, a survey of more than 6,000 small and medium-sized enterprises across 18 countries.
Source:Sep 14, 2026, 21:15 UTC
The Merchant Payments Coalition filed a letter with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York objecting to the proposed $38 billion settlement of a 2005 antitrust class-action over credit card interchange fees, citing support from 978 retailers and retail trade associations.
Source:Sep 14, 2026, 18:54 UTC
Visa and Mastercard shares fell rapidly to their intraday lows.
Source:Sep 14, 2026, 17:15 UTC
KEO Capital AB announced a strategic partnership with Mastercard under which KEO Capital will be able to issue Mastercard-branded cards as part of its cross-border program.
Source:Sep 14, 2026, 12:52 UTC
Circle opened the public mainnet of its Arc Layer 1 payments network on Wednesday with 11 founding validators including BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard, Galaxy, SBI Group and Standard Chartered.
Sep 14, 2026, 07:15 UTC
QNB Syria, in cooperation with Mastercard, launched Syria's first locally issued electronic payment card accepted internationally on Sept. 13, 2026.
Source:Sep 14, 2026, 05:49 UTC
Mastercard appointed Joyce Bo as Executive Vice President, Core Payments, Asia Pacific, effective 3 August 2026.
Source:Sep 11, 2026, 12:09 UTC
Wirex integrated Tempo as a settlement layer for enterprise stablecoin card programs, enabling its partners to select Tempo for settlement.
Source:Sep 11, 2026, 10:30 UTC
Beijing Badaling Culture and Tourism Group and Mastercard signed a memorandum of cooperation to build the Badaling Great Wall Scenic Area into China's first "World Cultural Heritage Entry Payment Demonstration Scenic Area."
Source:Sep 11, 2026, 06:30 UTC
Mastercard and City Union Bank partnered to pilot Mastercard One Credential in India, with City Union Bank among the first banks globally to explore the solution.
Source:Sep 11, 2026, 05:58 UTC
Nu launched U.S. deposit accounts, a debit card, a no-annual-fee Mastercard credit card and international transfers through partner bank Lead Bank, and introduced the stablecoin-based Nu Global account serving more than 35 countries.
Source:Sep 10, 2026, 22:45 UTC
Christian Siriano hosted a New York Fashion Week dinner at The Shed in Hudson Yards in partnership with Citi Strata Elite and Mastercard, the first in a series of fall dinners the two brands are hosting.
Source:Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 UTC
Mastercard partnered with pan-African digital asset exchange Busha to expand Mastercard Crypto Credential across Africa, enabling eligible Busha users in Nigeria to use verified Crypto Credential aliases for digital asset transfers.
Sep 10, 2026, 09:31 UTC
Mastercard announced the launch of Mastercard Wallet Pay, a global solution suite covering NFC contactless payments, QR codes and online e-payments for digital wallets.
Sep 7, 2026, 19:57 UTC
Mastercard and Flowcart announced a partnership to embed secure card payments into social and conversational commerce in Africa, starting in Kenya and expanding to other markets.
Source:Aug 28, 2026, 05:17 UTC
Mastercard and QNB Group processed Syria's first international card payment in more than 15 years, marking a milestone in modernizing Syria's payments ecosystem.
Aug 24, 2026, 21:55 UTC
Visa and Mastercard shares hit fresh record highs on August 24, 2026, reflecting strong aggregate spending and a resilient U.S. consumer.
Aug 10, 2026, 08:09 UTC
Botim and Mastercard launched the Mastercard One Credential in the UAE, a single card solution that links one payment product to multiple funding sources, allowing eligible Botim cardholders to switch between prepaid balances and credit funding.
Aug 5, 2026, 03:34 UTC
Mastercard opened Asia Pacific's first Taste by Priceless dining club at Hong Kong International Airport, offering premium dining experiences to eligible cardholders.
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