Mastercard introduces offline payment requirements to strengthen resilience across Europe
Mastercard has announced new requirements for offline card payments across Europe, designed to maintain access to essential goods and services during power outages and network disruptions. From February 2027, all newly issued Mastercard cards across Europe will be required to support offline payments, followed by new and replacement payment terminals from May 2027. The move […]
Circle unveils institutional blockchain network to strengthen secure digital payments
Circle has announced a series of major financial industry partnerships, including VISA and Mastercard, ahead of the public launch of its Arc blockchain network, signalling growing momentum behind institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure designed to support secure, compliant and fraud-resistant financial services. Arc, which launches publicly on 16 September 2026, is currently operating in a private mainnet […]
Mastercard unveils Threat Intelligence solution
Mastercard launched a Threat Intelligence solution that it claims is the first of its kind to be applied to payments at scale. The solution brings together Mastercard’s fraud insights and global network with curated cyber threat intelligence from Recorded Future’s platform to help payment fraud and merchant compliance teams at issuing and acquiring banks proactively detect, prevent and […]
Mastercard x Worldpay collab seeks to reduce merchant chargebacks
Mastercard and Worldpay have formed a new partnership they claim will help merchants to resolve transaction disputes faster and with fewer chargebacks. Chargebacks – a request for a refund triggered when a consumer disputes a transaction on their account – are a growing issue: industry-wide chargeback volumes are expected to reach 337 million by 2026, […]