The Latest Breaking News from Mastercard

Iran will soon start accepting payments made with Russia's Mir bank cards, a top official was quoted by Russia's RIA news agency as saying, making it the latest country to adopt the Russian-made alternative to Visa and Mastercard. "I think this payment system will be activated in Iran soon," RIA…

Mastercard has denied that it tried to reduce competition by deterring customers from using EFTPOS as it defends Federal Court proceedings by the ACCC.

While the S&P 500 has dropped 17% year to date, Visa has slipped only 2% and Mastercard just 5%.

British customers face new EU shopping fees after firms have increased so-called interchange fees for online credit and debit cards.

Credit-card companies face some speed bumps amid the potential for an economic downturn, Wells Fargo says.

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Mastercard (NYSE:MA). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Ian Poulter wore the Mastercard logo Friday at the Scottish Open, but Sports Business Journal reports that deal is off for now.

When former minister Stuart Robert wanted to use the digital ID scheme to reveal the names of people behind anonymous social media accounts, Digital Transformation Agency staff balked.

UBS cut Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC) price target from $54 to $40. Moelis shares rose 3% to close at $40.84 on Tuesday.

Analysts have provided the following ratings for Mastercard (NYSE:MA) within the last quarter:

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 15.66% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 21.81%. Currently, Mastercard has a market capitalization of $303.85 billion.