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Visa, Mastercard Stop “MythBusters” Episode on RFID Chips

Big corporations really don't know when to stop, don't they? They complain so much about so-called liberals and socialists picking on them, yet they make it so easy. The latest example is the ban they placed on the Discovery Channel, from airing an episode of MythBusters that dealt with RFID chips. Hosts J...

4 February 2012
07:00 GMT

Fake Blocked Credit Card Emails Carry Malware

Security researchers from Sophos have intercepted a new malware distribution campaign that generates emails posing as blocked credit card notifications from MasterCard.The rogue emails bear titles like "Your credit card is blocked" or "Your credit card has been blocked" and have spoofed headers to appear as originati...

17 August 2011
10:54 GMT

Dell and Microsoft Searching for America’s Favorite Small Business

Small businesses owners based in the United States could win $75,000 in cash and prizes by entering the newly launched America’s Favorite Small Business contest born from a partnership between Dell, Microsoft and MasterCard. Dell’s America’s Favorite Small Business official website is already live,...

17 August 2011
08:10 GMT

Isis Teams Up with Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express for Mobile Payment

Isis, the joint venture between U.S.-based major carriers AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless, has just announced that it has signed an agreement with Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express to bring mobile payment to U.S. consumers and merchants. Isis mobile payment service is expected to be launched in ...

20 July 2011
15:01 GMT

Visa and MasterCard Face European Lawsuits over WikiLeaks Blockade

DataCell, the company that used to handle donations for WikiLeaks, is preparing to sue Visa and MasterCard and file a complaint against them with EU regulators alleging violations of competition laws.In December 2010 Visa and MasteCard ordered a Danish payment processing company called Teller to stop providing servic...

4 July 2011
13:25 GMT

MasterCard Website Hit by DDoS Attack

MasterCard's website was the target of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that was carried out earlier today by a hacktivist associated with the AntiSec movement."MasterCard.com DOWN!!!, thats what you get when you mess with @wikileaks @Anon_Central and the enter community of lulz loving individuals :...

28 June 2011
13:31 GMT

Visa and Mastercard Face Licensing Problems in Iceland Following WikiLeaks Ban

The Icelandic parliament is considering revoking the operating licenses of Visa and Mastercard after the two credit card companies banned donations to WikiLeaks.The parliamentary general committee met last Friday to discus whether Visa and Mastercard has the legal right to impose such a restriction on consumers and p...

14 December 2010
08:44 GMT

Dutch 16-Year-Old Arrested for Anonymous Attacks on MasterCard and PayPal

Dutch authorities have arrested a 16-year-old boy suspected of being involved in the recent Anonymous distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against MasterCard and PayPal.The Dutch Attorney General announced [Google translation] that Anonymous’ Operation Payback attacks were traced back to the Netherlands...

9 December 2010
13:28 GMT

Anonymous Attacks VISA, Loses Facebook and Twitter Account

As expetected, following Visa’s decision to block WikiLeaks donations, Anonymous launched DDoS attacks against its website, but the hacktivist group faces troubles of its own.It seems that the virtual war between Anonymous and organizations acting against WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange, continues.It s...

9 December 2010
10:28 GMT

Anonymous Attacks Swedish Prosecutors and MasterCard

Following the arrest of Julian Assange and MasterCard’s decision to block the ability of card owners to donate to WikiLeaks, the Anonymous group of hacktivists launched DDoS attacks against the Swedish Public Prosecutions Office and the credit card company.Since the beginning of last week, when it began publish...

8 December 2010
05:57 GMT

BlackBerry Gets MasterCard MoneySend Service

Today, MasterCard Worldwide announced the launch of a new service aimed at easing the manner in which people in the United States can transfer money from person-to-person, namely MasterCard MoneySend for BlackBerry Smartphones.According to the company, the new money transfer service is both easy and secure, and puts...

8 September 2010
16:21 GMT

PayPal Supports Credit Card Payments without Registration

New features introduced by the Paypal Adaptive Payment API will allow web developers to integrate PayPal e-payment methods without forcing users in creating or using a PayPal account.The feature called, Guest Payments, permits developers to quickly process credit card payments in the same secure format as before. The...

26 June 2010
08:35 GMT

MasterCard to Launch an Open API

Online payment systems may not sound like the hottest piece of technology, but the market is quickly becoming very interesting. If PayPal’s success is any indication, there’s plenty of money to be made from money. Not that you need to tell MasterCard that. Still, the credit card company is maybe starting ...

26 May 2010
11:29 GMT

MasterCard Wins Domain-Name Dispute Against Brazilian Impersonator

MasterCard International Incorporated of Purchase, also known simply as Master Card, filed at the end of May 2009 a complaint at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) against Jose Carlos Bisognin Panzenhagen from Porto Alegre, Brazil. After judging procedures, the WIPO Arbitration Center concluded that ...

29 August 2009
05:54 GMT

MasterCard Announces ‘Priceless Picks’ iPhone App

MasterCard Worldwide announced today the release of the MasterCard Priceless Picks iPhone application, a location-based solution that is meant to enable users to find and share with their friends and family their favorite picks. The new application makes use of iPhone's GPS technology and offers users the possib...

17 July 2009
10:49 GMT

MasterCard Launches MoneySend Payment Service in the US

MasterCard Inc. announced on Wednesday the launch in the United States of a person-to-person payment service for mobile phones, called MoneySend. According to the company the new service is based on its established MoneySend P2P platform, and has been developed in partnership with Obopay. The new MasterCard MoneySen...

18 June 2009
09:28 GMT

MasterCard Launches ATM Hunter for iPhone

MasterCard Worldwide has announced the availability of its first iPhone app, in a series of free applications that MasterCard is developing specifically for iPhone and iPod touch. MasterCard ATM Hunter, immediately available for free download via the App Store, works in the favor of the user by locating the nearest A...

16 April 2009
08:42 GMT

ING and MasterCard Implementing mPayments in Romania

This is the first attempt coming from ING to create a mobile payment service in Romania. Since this is “uncharted” territory for ING, it has decided to go with a trial period of about six months for starters. MasterCard was also happy to partner with ING for this trial, so between the two, a well designed...

5 December 2008
05:28 GMT

After MasterCard, Visa Gets Scammed Too

Following last week's report that MasterCard owners had been targeted by a phishing scheme attempting to steal their private financial details, it was only a matter of time until Visa's consumers joined the club. Security company Sophos today reports that a new phishing scam was detected, this time targetin...

16 April 2008
09:23 GMT

MasterCard Holders under Phishing Attack

MasterCard holders around the world should be really proud of their card because this tiny thing lets you buy all sorts of products with a single click straight from your Internet-connected computer. And what's more important is that it provides remarkable security, especially due to the SecureCode technology im...

10 April 2008
04:56 GMT

MasterCard Unveils MasterCard Nearby Service

MasterCard Worldwide unveiled MasterCard Nearby, a trial of a new service that allows MasterCard cardholders to use their mobile phones to access helpful information, such as ATM and merchant locations, driving directions, rewards and special offers. All MasterCard cardholders in the United States can sign up for the...

3 April 2007
06:17 GMT


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