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Patent Drop

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

Photo via the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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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Patent Drop

Meta Enables 3D Conversations (plus more from Mastercard & Nvidia)

3D chats, pedestrian warnings & crypto card payments

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Finance

Amazon End Game: How Will Its Battle with Visa Pan Out

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Mastercard Gets into Cryto (plus more from Nvidia & Microsoft)

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Consumer

New Credit Card Lets You Turn Points Into Next Month’s Rent

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Mastercard is in the Driver’s Seat (plus more from Amazon & Facebook)

Amazon’s retail ambitions, Mastercard going deeper into crypto & Facebook’s VR improvements

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Mastercard Goes Eco-Friendly (plus more from Nvidia & Facebook)

Mastercard’s Eco-Friendly card points, Nvidia’s gaze detection, Facebook’s cloud gaming solution

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