Payment processor says it will adopt International Organization for Standardization's new merchant code for gun sales, a move gun control advocates say will help better track suspicious surges of gun sales.
Many mega-corporations have rushed to invest, while others are announcing plans to support bitcoin.
Bitcoin, once the preserve of internet geeks and hobbyists, has since exploded in popularity and has now rocketed by almost 75 percent in value so far this year.
The complex cases involves interchange fees and Mastercard had lost an appeal against a 2007 European Commission ruling that said the fees were anti-competitive
The Needs Map is a five-year-old website that aims to bring together those in need with those who can help. With the recent financial and infrastructural help of Mastercard Turkey, they are setting out on an ambitious project.
According to a Mastercard survey across 16 countries, Turkish consumers have decided to shop local and support small businesses in their neighbourhoods during and after the coronavirus lockdown.
Black Friday is expected to be the largest shopping day of a holiday season used to gauge the US economy's health. Adobe Analytics predicts a loss of $1 billion in online revenue from this shopping season which is six fewer days than last year.
Zuckerberg took pains to reassure lawmakers that his company won't move forward with Libra, the digital currency project of Facebook, without explicit approval from all US financial regulators.
The new duties take effect from Sunday, a government notification said, in the latest trade row since US President Donald Trump took office in 2017 vowing to act against countries with which Washington has a large trade deficit.
The number of foreign tourists visiting Turkey is expected to pass the 40 million mark in 2018, says the culture and tourism minister. Over 10 million visitors hit Istanbul in 2017, according to Mastercard’s 2018 Global Destination Cities Index.
Shoppers in the US spent generously over the "Black Friday" weekend in late November that kicks off the holiday shopping season, and buying has picked up further in December.
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