Mastercard News

The annualized transaction value of stablecoins surpassed $15.6 trillion in 2024, or 119% of those by Visa and 200% of Mastercard.

Mastercard tokenized 30% of transactions in 2024. It views stablecoins as competition, acknowledging crypto’s potential to disrupt traditional finance.

Floki is one of a growing number of crypto firms issuing regional payment cards that let users spend cryptocurrencies.

The new offering will be available across all Crypto.com card tiers with up to 8% rewards on spending.

The Mastercard Multi-Token Network is connecting with JPMorgan’s ambitious Kinexys Digital Payments for faster settlement.

The cards integrate balances in fiat money, stablecoins and cryptocurrencies held in custody accounts.

According to a report, the two companies spent a combined $80 million lobbying against credit card competition acts. 

Mastercard partners with Mercuryo to launch a euro-denominated crypto debit card, enabling users to spend crypto from self-custodial wallets at over 100 million merchants.

The Web3 individuality mechanism will require a unique, algorithmically generated tattoo to prove digital citizenship.

More than 1 billion individuals remain unbanked or lack adequate access to banking services, according to 2022 data from the World Bank.

Wirex co-founders discuss the shift toward self-custody wallets amid declining trust in centralized platforms and introduce Wirex Pay as a solution.

Binance has resumed allowing its users to purchase crypto using Mastercard. Does this signal the end of Binance’s regulatory troubles?

The credit card company hopes to streamline transactions and limit user error through an alias credentialing system.

The program has added five startups and will trial various payment technologies ranging from blockchain to Web3.

Kima is seeking to bridge traditional and Web3 finance and make the user experience more manageable.