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| April 2025 |
Apple Card
VISA offered a $100 million upfront payment to replace Mastercard as Apple Card's payment network issuer, following Goldman Sachs' plans to exit the consumer lending business.
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| January 2025 | American Express agreed to pay about $230 million to settle U.S. criminal and civil probes into alleged deceptive practices in selling credit card and wire transfer products. |
| January 2025 | ISX Financial becomes a pan-European Diners Club franchisee, launching the Flykk Diners Club debit card in multiple European markets. |
| January 6 2025 |
National Common Mobility Card
Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) began complete network NCMC acceptance using Singara Chennai Card by State Bank of India.
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| 2024 | Visa and Cash App become co-title sponsors of Scuderia AlphaTauri Formula One team, rebranding it as Visa Cash App RB, and sign a sponsorship deal with Red Bull Racing. |
| 2024 | Visa showed significant financial growth, achieving revenue of $35,926 million, net income of $19,743 million, and expanding its workforce to 31,600 employees |
| 2024 |
National Common Mobility Card
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) removed the Know Your Customer (KYC) requirement for NCMC, implementing a ₹3,000 limit to improve card adoption and accessibility.
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| 2024 |
National Common Mobility Card
Airtel Payments Bank, in collaboration with Noise and NPCI, launched an NCMC smartwatch with an embedded RuPay chip at the Global Fintech Fest, enabling tap-and-pay transactions for retail, public transportation, and parking payments.
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| November 2024 | The European Commission initiated an investigation into Visa and Mastercard's scheme fees, examining potential negative impacts on retailers and addressing complaints about fee transparency. |
| September 2024 | Mastercard acquired the cybersecurity company Recorded Future for $2.65 billion. |
| September 24 2024 | The United States Justice Department sued Visa, alleging the company used illegal tactics to maintain a monopoly in debit-card payments. |
| September 16 2024 | All Diners Club accounts in Australia were closed, effectively ending Diners Club's presence in the Australian market. |
| September 5 2024 |
National Common Mobility Card
Himachal Road Transport Corporation implemented complete network NCMC acceptance.
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| September 5 2024 |
National Common Mobility Card
State Bank of India (SBI) and Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) will launch NCMC service, allowing passengers to use the card for bus and metro fares.
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| August 30 2024 |
National Common Mobility Card
State Bank of India released the MTS RuPay National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) prepaid card, providing an offline payment option for transit projects across India including metro rails, buses, ferries, tolls, and parking.
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| August 16 2024 |
National Common Mobility Card
Srinagar Smart City Limited (SSCL) will offer NCMC service with a five percent reduction on base passenger fare, using the Chalo App for card recharge.
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| August 14 2024 |
National Common Mobility Card
Ongo digital payments platform launched 'Ongo Ride' National Common Mobility Card at 12 Chennai Metro stations, featuring UPI-enabled card dispensers.
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| August 1 2024 |
National Common Mobility Card
RBL Bank announced the integration of National Common Mobility Card and UPI capabilities with RuPay credit cards, expanding the card's functionality and interoperability.
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| July 24 2024 | Mastercard announced a return to Formula One by signing a multi-year sponsorship deal with McLaren Racing. |
| June 2024 | Amex acquired Tock, a restaurant reservation platform, expanding its dining reservations portfolio. |
| June 2024 |
National Common Mobility Card
Chennai Metro and MTC buses will begin accepting NCMC for commuter payments.
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| June 2024 |
National Common Mobility Card
RBI will incorporate NCMC and FASTag into the e-mandate framework to facilitate account top-ups.
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| June 6 2024 | Visa opened its new headquarters building at 300 Toni Stone Crossing in San Francisco's Mission Bay neighborhood, officially designated as the Market Support Center. |
| May 2024 | American Express became the official partner of F1 Academy, a female-only single-seater racing series, with branding to appear on Jessica Edgar's car livery and driver suit for the 2024 season. |
| May 2024 | The UK Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) proposed new regulations requiring Visa and Mastercard to increase transparency about merchant fees, mandating detailed financial disclosures and consultation with merchants before fee changes. |
| April 15 2024 | Diners Club Australia ended all business and corporate card services. |
| March 2024 |
National Common Mobility Card
AGS Transact Technologies anticipates backend process readiness for NCMC rollout in Bengaluru without KYC verification by the first week of March.
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| February 5 2024 |
National Common Mobility Card
Federal Bank introduced dual-interface RuPay Debit cards with NCMC integration.
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| January 2024 |
Apple Card
Apple Card expanded to 12 million cardholders, with six in ten users making it their primary credit card.
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| January 2 2024 |
National Common Mobility Card
Bank of Baroda announced the introduction of the NCMC RuPay Reloadable Prepaid Card.
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| January 1 2024 |
National Common Mobility Card
The National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) was introduced in Guwahati, initially available at limited locations including ASTC counters at Paltan Bazar, Inter State Bus Terminal, Rupnagar ASTC Yard, and ASTC Kiosk at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport.
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| 2023 | American Express achieved its highest revenue in the provided dataset at $60.5 billion, with net income reaching $8.4 billion. |
| 2023 | Reported sales breakdown showed US sales at $14.1 billion (43.3%) and International sales at $18.5 billion (56.7%). |
| 2023 | The Diners Club Singaporean franchise rebranded to DCS Card Centre, expanding its business and issuing its first non-Diners Club credit cards, including DCS Ultimate Platinum UnionPay Card and Mastercard. |
| 2023 | GIC Private Limited exited its position in Synchrony's stock. |
| 2023 | Mastercard reached a new revenue milestone of $25,098 million with 33,400 employees, demonstrating continued expansion and market strength. |
| December 13 2023 |
National Common Mobility Card
Haryana Roadways began partial NCMC card acceptance statewide.
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| December 4 2023 |
National Common Mobility Card
Rajya Sabha was informed that Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will introduce Open Loop National Common Mobility Cards in a phased manner, replacing current Closed Loop Delhi Metro Smart Cards.
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| November 17 2023 | The Chinese government approved Mastercard's local bank card clearing license, allowing the joint venture to issue Mastercard bank cards that use RMB for payment. |
| November 1 2023 | Diners Club Australia announced the termination of personal credit cards, to cease operations on January 31, 2024. |
| October 21 2023 |
National Common Mobility Card
Namo Bharat (Delhi-Meerut corridor) implemented NCMC acceptance using Airtel Rupay NCMC Card after Airtel Payments Bank was chosen following RBI's ban on Paytm payments bank.
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| August 2023 | Wells Fargo stopped issuing American Express cards, marking the end of their card partnership with American Express. |
| August 30 2023 | The American Civil Liberties Union, along with a coalition of organizations, filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission requesting an investigation into Mastercard's adult content policy as a potential unfair business practice. |
| July 2023 |
National Common Mobility Card
Government of India directed banks to issue NCMC-compliant cards by default to customers.
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| June 2023 |
Apple Card
The Wall Street Journal reported that Goldman Sachs was in discussions with American Express about potentially taking over the Apple Card partnership.
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| April 2023 | The Hill reported on Mastercard's updated policy for adult content verification and review requirements. |
| April 2023 | Mastercard announced plans to expand partnerships with cryptocurrency firms, introducing the Mastercard Crypto Credential service to enable cross-border transactions compliant with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) regulations. |
| April 17 2023 |
Apple Card
Apple launched the Apple Card Savings account, offering a 4.15% interest rate with no fees and no minimum balance requirement for Apple Card owners and co-owners to deposit their Daily Cash rewards.
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| April 14 2023 |
National Common Mobility Card
Chennai Metro Rail Limited implemented complete network NCMC acceptance using Singara Chennai Card by State Bank of India.
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| April 4 2023 |
National Common Mobility Card
Kanpur Metro implemented complete network NCMC acceptance using State Bank of India cards.
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