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MasterCard: Every UK Shop Will Accept Contactless Payments By 2020
Company also says Apple Pay can be switched on in the UK, if you're an American
MWC 2015 – Samsung Pay: The Industry Verdict
What does the technology sector really think of Samsung’s new mobile payments kit?
Critics’ View – Contactless Spend Limit Hits £30
What do the industry experts think of plans to up the contactless spend?
MasterCard Ploughs $20 Million Into North American Security
Announces US 'safety net' to reduce the risk of fraud or cyberattacks
Monitise Gets Major Investment For Mobile Money Expansion
Santander, Telefónica and Mastercard contribute to £49.2m investment, as Monitise also announces further IBM collaboration
Mastercard Offers Contactless Card Users Free Friday Tube Travel
Customers using their contactless Mastercard to pay for travel on London Underground this 'Fare Free Friday' will have their journey refunded
Mastercard – We’re Killing Off The Password
Payments company says the end is nigh for password authentication thanks to updated 3DS 2.0 protocol
UK Visitors Get Free Wi-Fi Thanks To The Cloud
MasterCard mobile app gives international travellers access from more than 22,000 UK hotspots
Mastercard Launches Fingerprint-Enabled Credit Card
Card provider teams up with Zwipe to launch new contactless payments method
Russia Considers Switching To National Payment System After Visa, Mastercard Block Banks
Seven Russian banks were hit by economic sanctions imposed after the annexation of Crimea, government wants to make sure this doesn't happen again
MasterCard The First To Lift “Banking Blockade” Against WikiLeaks
For the first time since the diplomatic cable leaks in 2010, Wikileaks officially accepts credit card donations
Anonymous UK Teenager Avoids Jail
Judge says Jake Birchall would have been jailed if he wasn't just 16 at the time of attacks on PayPal and others
MasterCard Agrees Everything Everywhere NFC Partnership
Two companies to bring mobile payment products to Everything Everywhere's 27m customers
BitInstant Continues Sign-ups For Bitcoin Paycard
BitInstant says its virtual currency debit card could be real by October
BitCoin Debit Card Coming Soon
According to rumours, BitInstant will be launching a MasterCard with BitCoin support in six to eight weeks
MasterCard and Deutsche Telekom Agree NFC Mobile Payment Deal
Germany and Poland to benefit first from mobile payment deal
Hacker Claims He Stole 50Gb Of Credit Card Details
A former Anonymous member says he hacked 79 banks in 3 months, for the lulz
MasterCard Certifies More NFC Devices For PayPass
Samsung, Sony, LG, HTC, RIM, Nokia and Intel sign up to payment system
Global Payments: Breach Hit Less Than 1.5m Credit Cards
After warnings from Visa and MasterCard, payment processor Global Payments says less than 1.5 million credit cards were affected
MasterCard And Visa Warn Banks Of Credit Card Data Breach
Sources say that more than 10 million credit card numbers may be compromised
MWC 2012: PayPal Criticises NFC Payment Systems
PayPal warns against NFC while Intel gets behind the technology
Midata Gives Consumers Back Their Personal Info
BIS has partnered Google, Mastercard and others to help consumers access the data companies hold on them
Cash-Strapped WikiLeaks Suspends Publishing
Wikileaks will stop publishing leaked cables, as the payment companies' financial blockade takes its toll
Visa Blocks WikiLeaks Payments Again
Visa is once again blocking payments to WikiLeaks, closing the workaround which was uncovered yesterday
Visa, Mastercard Resume Wikileaks Payment Handling
Credit card companies Visa and Mastercard are once again processing donations to WikiLeaks, says DataCell
WikiLeaks Sues Visa, Mastercard Over Payment Ban
WikiLeaks and DataCell are seeking revenge on Visa and Mastercard for blocking donations to the site
Hackers Bring Down Mastercard Site
Hactivist attack on Mastercard continues reprisals for blocking payments to WikiLeaks
Twitter Denies De-Trending WikiLeaks As Visa Takes A Pasting
Twitter has stated it is not blocking Wikileaks from its Trends list. Elsewhere the DDoS attacks continue
Mastercard Website Punished For WikiLeaks Ban
Operation: Payback, a WikiLeaks’ supporter initiative, has turned its DDoS attacks on Mastercard