Asia–Pacific Global Network Cards

Total volume—which is a combination of purchase volume and cash volume—reached $19.998 trillion, up 1.4%. Purchase volume accounted for 95.31% of total volume in 2023 versus 95.26% in 2022.

Swiipr Prepaid Cards for Airlines

More than 500 million passengers a year experience air travel disruptions including delays, diverted flights and last-minute cancellations.

Openway Implements CBDC Bank Cards

Payment software specialist Openway, which has operated in Kazakhstan for more than 20 years, recently partnered with three card issuing clients, as well as with Visa and Mastercard.

Global Network Card Results Worldwide — 2023

p6 Visa, UnionPay, Mastercard, American Express, JCB and Discover/Diners Club credit, debit and prepaid cards generated 687.19 billion purchase transactions worldwide for goods and services in 2023, up 9.9% over 2022. Included in those purchase transactions on the global card networks were consumer, small business and commercial card products. When debit card figures are mentioned […]

Quantum-Safe Cryptography Group in Asia

The working group is focused on maintaining the integrity of payment systems in a post-quantum world, including governance and security matters that will be impacted by the intersection of AI, quantum computing and real-time settlement.

Mastercard’s Scam Protect

Scam Protect’s machine learning and AI are used to identify the signals of a victim who is being defrauded using device intelligence and behavioral biometrics. Those signals could include hesitation while typing on a website or in an app— sometimes because the victim is being coached over the phone by a criminal.