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Sure Sounds Like Things Aren’t Going Well For Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency Scheme
There’s been no shortage of official opposition to Facebook and dozens of corporate partners’ plans to launch a cryptocurrency powered global payment network, Libra. A short list of the wary might include the heads of the stop it in its tracks across Europe.
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You Can Tap On To Sydney Ferries With Your Mastercard Now
We are one step closer to saying goodbye to Opal cards. If you’re catching the F1 Manly to Circular Quay ferry from today, you can tap on with your Mastercard card or mobile wallet. It’s the first time in Australia contactless payments have been enabled on the public transport network.
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MasterCard Will Offer A Credit Card With A Fingerprint Sensor
The appeal of a contactless payment card is obvious: you just wave your credit or debit card over a terminal and you’ve paid. But it also removes the PIN from the equation, meaning it’s easy for someone to steal and use your card. To combat this while keeping contactless payments a breeze, MasterCard has just…
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Coles Will Let You Pay For Stuff With A Phone Sticker Too
You know those Commonwealth Bank PayTags we were talking about earlier? Turns out that they’re a bit of tech from Mastercard, and Coles has them too.