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A new partnership has announced the launch of a card allowing users to make everyday purchases using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has announced investigations into Visa and Mastercard after the two firms raised fees more than five fold on a number of cross-border transactions after Brexit.

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has imposed fines against Mastercard, allpay, Advanced Payment Solutions, Prepaid Financial Services and Sulion after concluding that the five parties infringed competition law by agreeing not to compete or poach each other’s customers in the prepaid cards m

The Supreme Court has approved a £14 billion court case against credit card giant Mastercard. The court ruled that the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) must reconsider the class action against Mastercard which it previously threw out.

Mastercard is to release an augmented reality app that it said will transport cardholders into an immersive 360-degree virtual reality environment where they can explore the benefits which come with their card.

RBS has partnered with Mastercard, Motive Partners and EFM Asset Management to invest in Pollinate in an attempt to transform the global merchant services market. Pollinate will work with banks around the world to deploy a world-class acquiring platform, offering a merchant-friendly experience which

Royal Mint has produced an 18-carat solid gold payment card.

Mastercard has announced the arrival of Threat Scan, a global service which helps banks to find potential vulnerabilities in their authorisation systems.

London-based fintech startup, Glint, has gone into administration.

Mastercard has contacted regulators in Germany and Belgium about a data breach affecting details connected to its loyalty programme.