Tag "MasterCard"
Biometric bank card use is getting closer
Date: 2017-09-23 15:26:40
After the first test in South Africa, Mastercard tested its biometric bank card in Bulgaria. The new technology combines chip reading with fingerprint identification. In a joint test project with UniCredit Bulbank,...
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Mastercard: 7 percent of the college students regularly pay with mobile wallets
Date: 2017-09-07 11:22:56
7 percent of college students regularly and 13 percent occasionally pay with mobile wallets., 72 percent of them positively evaluated the new technology, and 1 out of 4 students would...
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Successful programme for developing e-commerce
Date: 2017-08-30 23:30:38
The joint programme of Mastercard and BIG FISH, started in 2016, was very successful. Improving the online shopping experience was in the focus of the project. In the ‘E-commerce review’ programme 21...
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New business development and sales director for Mastercard
Date: 2017-08-30 23:30:05
Tibor Berkes has been appointed business development and sales director of Mastercard. Mr Berkes joined the Budapest office this summer, leaving the telecommunications sector behind. He used to work for Telenor for...
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New business development and sales leader in Mastercard’s Hungarian team
Date: 2017-08-09 11:25:33
Berkes Tibor has become Mastercard’s new business development and sales manager. The specialist joined the Budapest office this summer and is now responsible for the basic products of bankcards, corporate...
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New regional managers in Mastercard’s Budapest office
Date: 2017-07-01 14:49:45
Recently two more Hungarian managers have been appointed regional executives at Mastercard’s Budapest office. Now three members of the team of experts, Szabolcs Kovács, István Maklári and Ádám Szőnyi are responsible...
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Hungarians support the reduction of cash
Date: 2017-06-19 11:22:17
Sixty percent of the Hungarians agree that the shadow economy can be reduced in Hungary by increasing electronic payment solutions and reducing cash – portfolio.hu reported the latest Mastercard research....
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E-commerce is booming all across Europe
Date: 2017-04-03 11:28:02
In Europe, the quarter of Internet users buy something every week in the online space, while among the Hungarians, the ratio is 18 percent – the Masterindex European e-commerce and...
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Women entrepreneurs: Hungary in the middle field
Date: 2017-03-08 11:02:29
Mostly, the environment determines how much an entrepreneur woman will be a successful. In Hungary, almost every third business is owned or managed by women, which is a good ratio...
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Weekday shopping more important than before
Date: 2017-03-03 10:23:42
Six months after the ban on Sunday trading was abolished, much fewer card payments are realised on the seventh day of the week than before. The latest data from Mastercard...
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Mobile Wallet and Vodafone Wallet services available no more
Date: 2017-03-03 10:21:12
Telekom announced on its website that the company’s Mobile Wallet service ends as of 1 April 2017. The same message was waiting for the users of the Vodafone Wallet service...
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Weekday shopping more important than before
Date: 2017-02-24 09:06:52
Six months after the ban on Sunday trading was abolished, much fewer card payments are realised on the seventh day of the week than before. The latest data from Mastercard...
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Transparent contactless payment is popular in the vending market as well
Date: 2017-01-30 10:13:15
The turnover is increasing and purchase becomes transparent at locations where contactless payment is accepted. According to András Méth, head of commerce development at Mastercard, the choice of products and...
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Despite the Sunday store closure has ended, the significance of Sunday decreased in case of card users
Date: 2016-12-13 11:40:19
The Sunday store closure thoroughly reorganized the consumer habits of the card users: half a year after the lifting of the ban on Sunday working far fewer people are paying...
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Masterpass use spreading rapidly
Date: 2016-10-07 10:29:24
More than 200 million consumers in 18 European countries have access to the Masterpass payment service – announced Mastercard, relying on data from the end of June 2016. Masterpass stores...
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PayPal and Mastercard expand cooperation
Date: 2016-10-07 10:18:58
PayPal and Mastercard are expanding their long-standing cooperation with an important new element: in the future Mastercard will be one of the PayPal payment options and Masterpass will be accessible...
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Decathlon is the Merchant of the year
Date: 2016-09-29 11:13:46
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Mastercard: Bangkok, London and Paris are the world's most popular destinations
Date: 2016-09-23 10:45:01
The Thai capital, Bangkok has beaten London to be crowned as the world's most popular travel destination this year, according to an annual ranking by global payments and technology company...
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Another large-scale campaign against hunger from Mastercard
Date: 2016-09-15 11:19:37
With the help of the Hungarian cardholders, MasterCard provides the daily school meals of 2167 needy children this year in a value of 86 674 euros. With this result, Hungary...
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Another large-scale campaign against hunger from Mastercard
Date: 2016-09-13 11:15:20
With the help of the Hungarian cardholders, MasterCard provides the daily school meals of 2167 needy children this year in a value of 86 674 euros. With this result, Hungary...
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The Festipay Prepaid cards can be used from 11 August
Date: 2016-08-11 11:22:02
The Festipay Prepaid card debuts Today at the Sziget Festival. The card can be used after the festival at all MasterCard accepting points all over the world. A great interest...
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MasterCard is launching a new competition: Businessperson of the year 2016
Date: 2016-08-08 13:27:36
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MasterCard: 61 percent of the Hungarian cardholders use the card abroad
Date: 2016-08-01 11:22:05
According to the survey of MasterCard, almost three-quarters of the Hungarians traveling abroad bring credit card with them, 61 percent of them use it as well. According to MasterCard’s communication...
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Mastercard: you can pay with the first Hungarian-issued prepaid card not only at festivals
Date: 2016-07-08 10:45:03
The Festipay prepaid card that can be charged online or by cash will be available for the first time in Hungary at the Sziget festival. The card can be also...
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The new pilot program launches the spreading of the one-touch vending machines
Date: 2016-04-12 11:08:16
Twenty vending machines will be suitable to one-touch payment. The vending machines are given bank card payment with the support of the MIÁSZ and the MasterCard. The user-friendly one-touch technology...
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Mastercard: customers are happy with the new mobile payment solutions
Date: 2016-02-23 11:30:15
Shoppers in 2015 welcomed the expansion of mobile payment options, but more and more people want to see these solutions in everyday life. This is indicated by the fact that...
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The Hungarians like to celebrate Valentine's Day at a restaurant
Date: 2016-02-11 11:29:01
In Hungary, 67 percent of Valentine's day card spending are carried out in restaurants, while the fewest transactions are in flower shops and jewelry stores (2-2 percent) – according to...
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MasterCard introduced its smart fridge application
Date: 2016-01-08 11:13:44
MasterCard on Tuesday announced Groceries by MasterCard, a service designed to work with Samsung Family Hub refrigerators shipping this spring. Samsung's newest refrigerators will include an Internet-connected display on the...
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The Erste Bank has become the Bank of the Year at MasterCard
Date: 2015-11-18 11:05:44
Erste Bank received MasterCard’s Bank of the Year Grand Prize this year in Hungary. The financial institution at the same time also won the Most Innovative Bank of the Year...
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Cafeteria in a simple, modern reasonable way, with the security of MasterCard®!
Date: 2015-11-11 11:21:20
The Sponsorem Premium prepaid MasterCard enters the market on 11 November 2015, which will make the system of fringe benefits simpler and more productive for the employer and the employee....
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