Google parent Alphabet has agreed to buy Intersect Power, a data center and clean energy developer, for $4.75 billion in cash, plus the assumption of the company’s debt. The acquisition, which was ...

Mastercard faces a structural threat from the rapid global rise of Account-to-Account (A2A) payment systems, especially outside the U.S. MA's international revenue, now 66.7% of total, is at risk as ...

Visa and Mastercard agreed to slightly lower the interchange fees merchants pay when you swipe your card — roughly a tenth of a percentage point spread over five years. On paper, the Visa and ...

SINGAPORE, Nov. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mastercard and Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, have teamed up to accelerate global money movement for banks, payment service ...

Visa and Mastercard have a potential deal with retailers that would lower fees for merchants, potentially lowering prices but threatening prized consumer rewards. The deal, which is still subject to ...

Ripple is initiating a pilot program with payments giant Mastercard to test the use of its RLUSD stablecoin for settling credit card transactions, specifically those from the WebBank-issued Gemini ...

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The deal would outpace Stripe's massive $1.1 billion purchase of stablecoin startup Bridge last year. Stablecoin activity has mushroomed with tokens' total market cap increasing by about $100 billion ...

A payment terminal is displayed next to a logo of Mastercard at the company’s booth at China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, China, September 11, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim ...

Mastercard: How To Stay Secure in the Age of Technology. Credit: Mastercard How has Mastercard developed itself to be a leading expert in fraud, identification and verification in the payment network ...

Coinbase and Mastercard are in talks to acquire stablecoin startup BVNK for $2 billion, according to Fortune. BVNK provides stablecoin infrastructure focused on enabling seamless cross-border payments ...