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Consumer

Economic Anxiety Leaves McDonald’s Digesting Biggest Sales Drop in Five Years

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Fast-food chain McDonald’s, an economic indicator because of its mammoth global presence, posted its worst earnings report since 2020.

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Big Tech

Apple Card Plays ‘Spin the Bottle’ With Finance Giants

Visa has offered $100 million replace Mastercard as the network of choice for Apple’s credit card, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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Patent Drop

Mastercard Blockchain Patent Could Make Financial Audits Easier

Mastercard might use blockchain to straighten out transaction records.

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Finance

Mastercard Buys Startup That Will Help You Manage Pesky Subscriptions

Mastercard is acquiring Minna Technologies, which specializes in letting bank and card customers manage (and cancel) subscription services.

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Patent Drop

Mastercard Continues Crypto Crusade with Seamless Transaction Patents

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Mastercard’s interest in this tech could help legitimize crypto in the broader scheme of traditional finance.

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Patent Drop

Mastercard Patent Could Prevent Biometric Data Attacks

Mastercard’s efforts add to those of several companies looking at ways to prove real from fake.

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Patent Drop

Mastercard Patent Speedruns AI Development

The company’s access to a vast well of user payments data could go a long way in creating far more powerful models.

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Banking

Visa, Mastercard Agree to Massive Settlement That Limits Swipe Fees

The agreement with US-based merchants is expected to reduce the credit card titans’ take by a combined $30 billion through 2030.

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Finance

Visa, Mastercard are Betting Big on Africa

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One study projects the continent’s digital payment ecosystem will grow 30% a year through 2025.

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Patent Drop

Mastercard Catches Scalpers

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Mastercard’s blockchain scalping detector could take on Ticketmaster, one expert told Patent Drop.

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Patent Drop

Mastercard Sees Double

Mastercard wants to take the exchange out of the crypto-to-fiat equation.

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Patent Drop

Mastercard Sees Double

Mastercard performs an AI balancing act to sniff out was is and isn’t fraud.

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Banking

Major US Banks Develop Digital Wallet to Compete with PayPal and Apple Pay

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