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Intel and MasterCard team up on NFC

Intel and MasterCard aim to enable Ultrabook Intel-based PC users to make online payments safer

Intel has teamed up with payment provider MasterCard in a drive to provide more options for a safer and simpler check-out process for online merchants and consumers using Ultrabook or netbook type devices and future generations of Intel-based PCs.

Etisalat launches NFC payment service in UAE

Etisalat's NFC service will initially be available on BlackBerry 9900 devices

UAE operator Etisalat has teamed up with MasterCard Worldwide to launch cashless mobile payments programme in the country. The system uses Near Field Communication (NFC) technology to authorise everyday transactions via a smartphone.

Isis in crisis?

Isis looks to have done a U-Turn on its relationship with card providers

Isis, a mobile payments joint-venture between AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile in the US, has scaled back its initial plans to roll out its own mobile payment network in favour of an m-wallet-style offering.

MasterCard gets Orange man for mobile money plan

Mung-Ki Woo is joining the company as group executive for mobile, taking on global responsibility for mobile payments

The chief of electronic payments and transactions at France Telecom’s Orange group has jumped ship, to head up the mobile unit at MasterCard Worldwide.