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Patent Drop

Mastercard Blockchain Patent Could Make Financial Audits Easier

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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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Mastercard Continues Crypto Crusade with Seamless Transaction Patents

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

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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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Mastercard Patent Speedruns AI Development

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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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Mastercard Wants to Create a Back-up Plan for Lost Crypto

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This signals that financial institutions are seeking to make blockchain safer, though it challenges the decentralized nature of the tech.

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Mastercard Wants to Make Biometrics More Accurate

Given that it handles trillions in transactions a year, it makes sense that the credit card provider wants to beef up security protocols.

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Mastercard Catches Scalpers

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

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Mastercard Sees Double

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

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Mastercard Sees Double

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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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Consumer

Mastercard Allows Customers to Pay at Checkout With a Wave of the Hand

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Finance

Big Banks May Use Payment Service Zelle to Take on Mastercard and Visa

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