Getir and Mastercard join forces to introduce payment experience on bot for Messenger

Istanbul – March 1st, 2017 – Mastercard today announced a partnership with Getir that will introduce a payment experience for Getir’s bot for Facebook Messenger. Masterpass, the Mastercard digital payment solution and Getir, the pioneer of mobile retail, now offer a brand new shopping experience in Turkey. With this new solution, customers can use Getir’s bot for…

Social chatter reveals top payment trends

Fifth annual Mastercard Digital Payments Study highlights social media trends around Digital Wallets, Artificial Intelligence and more LONDON – February 28, 2017 – Digital Wallets, Artificial Intelligence and Connected Devices dominate social media conversations on digital payments, Mastercard’s study has found. Digital wallets, which store customers’ account details electronically, made up 75% of all mentions…

G&D and Caixabank give away operative wristbands for contactless payments among MWC visitors

Barcelona, February 28, 2017 – Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), in collaboration with CaixaBank, will distribute wearable wristbands for contactless payments among MWC 2017 attendees. The wristbands, manufactured by G&D, are lightweight, submersible and ergonomically designed. These certified by Visa devices have an initial balance to be used in shops in Barcelona and worldwide There will…

VEON plans to roll out Masterpass

New VEON platform plans to offer secure, one-click mobile payments to over 235m customers BARCELONA – February 28, 2017 – Mastercard today announced a new business relationship with VEON, to bring Masterpass to their new VEON platform. As an international communications and technology company offering voice, fixed broadband, data and digital services to more than…