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2021
December 8, 2021

Safenetpay, the one stop business payment solution, today announces they will launch a new SME Mastercard. The card is the latest development in Safenetpay’s mission to create a fairer and more progressive financial ecosystem for the UK’s 6 million SMEs and sole traders.

December 6, 2021

Mastercard Europe and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation – better known as Europol – have signed a partnership to collaborate on aligning counter cybercrime objectives across Europe.

October 12, 2021

The focus of the cooperation is on joint projects and investments in the areas of digitalization and e-mobility

October 7, 2021

To shed light on the impact the global health crisis – and ongoing recovery – has had on small businesses globally, Mastercard today released Recovery Insights: Small Business Reset

September 16, 2021

Sweepstakes to Give First-Ever Mastercard NFT to a Cardholder in the UK

September 16, 2021

The new device now offers a fast, secure, and convenient way to pay for any number of purchases.

September 15, 2021

bp joins Mastercard and Daimler in supporting ryd pay’s efforts to expand its seamless in-car payment experience

August 31, 2021

"As world economies start to come out of the pandemic, I see three major challenges -- data protection, nationalist trade tensions and climate change -- threatening progress for people, businesses and governments. I delivered this speech, presented in German, about those issues at the Wirtschaftstag (Business Day) 2021 conference in Berlin."

August 19, 2021

Debit Card solution that works at selected Mastercard and Maestro merchants worldwide, adding hundreds of thousands of Food & Beverage outlets to the Takeaway Pay employee benefit programme

July 15, 2021

Outlines progress towards an inclusive, sustainable future for people and the planet

July 6, 2021

And, how she believes ‘the future is now’ when it comes to emerging technologies

February 10, 2021

Sentimental shoppers are investing more than ever before around Valentine’s Day as spending is up 180 per cent over the past decade, according to the annual Mastercard Love Index. However, this year home is where the heart is as couples are planning to spend the day — and their money — differently.

2020
August 12, 2020

Mastercard has today successfully enrolled to the Pay.UK Framework for its Request to Pay solution in the UK. Request to Pay is part of Mastercard’s global portfolio of Bill Pay applications enabling people to view and pay their bills instantly, and with flexibility, from their bank accounts.

August 10, 2020

Mastercard encourages football fans to celebrate the return of UEFA Champions League by creating the world’s biggest digital wave.

July 7, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has left 37% of Brits feeling in the dark about their financial future, as 19.4 million say they are not prepared for an economic downturn. This is even more prevalent for those with a household income of less than £15,000 a year, where the figure rises to more than half (53%) of those surveyed saying they are not financially prepared.

2019
September 16, 2019

April 23, 2019

Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are two of the hottest technology fields today, with job opportunities continuing to grow across both. However, worldwide, women make up less than 20 percent of the professionals in these high-tech jobs, and only one in 20 girls opts for a STEM-based career.