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Mastercard Study: African Fintech Sector Had One of the Highest Year-on-Year Growth Rates in Funding in 2021

In 2021, African fintech startups accounted for 61% of the $2.7 billion in venture capital funding that was deployed on the continent, a new study has found. While its share…

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Mastercard to Help Banks Offer Crypto Trading — Executive Says Crypto Is on the ‘Cusp of Really Going Mainstream’

Payments giant Mastercard has introduced a new program called Crypto Source to enable financial institutions to offer crypto trading and other related services to their customers. Mastercard has partnered with…

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Mastercard Focusing on 5 Key Areas to Turn Crypto Into ‘an Everyday Way to Pay’

Mastercard has outlined five key crypto areas it is working on in order to “turn cryptocurrencies into an everyday way to pay.” A Mastercard executive opined: “Someday soon, the ability…

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Mastercard Debuts Blockchain Surveillance Tool for Banks and Crypto-Centric Card Issuers

On Tuesday, the multinational financial services corporation Mastercard revealed that it is launching a new crypto monitoring product called Crypto Secure. The Crypto Secure software aims to leverage artificial intelligence…

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Bored Apes, Moonbirds to feature on NFT-customized Mastercard debit cards

The customizable card will only support NFT avatars from select blue chip collections, subject to Mastercard’s design standards and an owner verification process.

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