In the wake of the crypto industry meltdown, the two largest credit card giants, Visa and Mastercard, plan to pause new partnerships with cryptocurrency firms. This action from the multinational payments service company comes after the crypto exchange FTX and cryptocurrency lender BlockFi filed for bankruptcy, which sent shockwaves to
Binance, the world’s biggest crypto trading platform, has released a Mastercard debit card in the country of Brazil. Binance now offers its customers a debit card that can be used at any location that accepts Mastercard to make purchases using their cryptocurrency holdings. In addition to the many places where
As crypto-backed debit cards gain popularity, the overlap between Web2 and Web3 technologies increases. The biggest Spanish bitcoin exchange, Bit2Me, made the announcement about their new cashback debit card with Mastercard on February 10. Bit2Me CEO and co-founder Leif Ferreira told that he believes the widespread acceptance of this “revolutionary”
Former Mastercard non-fungible token (NFT) product head Satvik Sethi resigned on Thursday. Sethi said that he was harassed and upset by the company’s management. The salary was withheld by Mastercard, he said, and his job contract was disregarded. In addition, he was no longer allowed to use online accounts. Sethi
VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#CryptoPaymentGateway–Airswift Technology Limited, a leading Web3.0 native payment company, and Cloud Payments, a digital payments and banking technology platform provider have joined forces to enable cryptocurrency spenders with instant access to crypto at the points-of-sale using VISA and MasterCard payment methods. The collaboration will simplify crypto-based purchases
Lil Kim, Salt-N-Pepa and Coi Leray join others in a three-part, celeb-studded panel discussion series in partnership with Femme It Forward, honoring Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary and celebrating Black Women entrepreneurship PURCHASE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Mastercard announced it will host She Runs This: Celebrating Entrepreneurship in Business and Hip-Hop, a three-day event
Monday saw the announcement that Mastercard and Binance will be releasing a prepaid card in Brazil, Latin America’s economic powerhouse. According to the announcement, after Argentina, Brazil will soon get access to the so-called Binance Card. It is now under beta testing and will likely roll out to the public
Asgeirsson Joins SKUx As The Company Launches SKUPay™, Powering A New Era Of Adjudicated Spend And Digital Consumer Engagement Solutions ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SKUx, an innovative payments technology and consumer engagement platform, today announced the appointment of global fintech, consumer loyalty, and payments leader, Trisha Asgeirsson, to the company’s Advisory
Mastercard has collaborated with Polygon to develop an accelerator program to assist musicians in building their careers using web3. MasterCard said in a blog post on January 7 that this project will connect five budding musicians from around the world with mentors who will help them establish their brand in
The Mastercard Artist Accelerator will harness Web3 technologies on the Polygon blockchain, forging new territory by connecting artists with mentors and fans in an exclusive development program LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Web3–Today, Mastercard extended its growing music footprint with the launch of the Web3-based Mastercard Artist Accelerator program. Web3’s capabilities have the
