Financial Institution MasterCard Releases Blockchain APIs
Multinational financial services corporation Mastercard recently released three blockchain application programming interfaces (API). The company’s Mastercard Labs unveiled the development, which focuses on a blockchain core API, a fast pay network interface, and a smart contracts API. Mastercard Joins Distributed Ledger Race. Mastercard is a giant....
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Visa isn't the only credit card issuer moving fast on blockchain. But while Visa is going it alone in releasing a B2B blockchain, MasterCard it seems is quietly developing a set of new blockchain APIs with more collaborative goals. The credit card giant’s development site now features three APIs connected to its internal blockchain work, including offerings focused on smart contracts and payment settlement. The APIs were released by MasterCard Labs, its innovation outfit. MasterCard blockchain lead Justin Pinkham said the company released its API platform last month in a bid to stoke....
Recently Bitcoin.com reported on the multinational financial services firm Mastercard releasing blockchain APIs. Now the payment processing company is filing for four blockchain patents. Mastercard Files Patents for Blockchain-Based Settlement. Mastercard is taking the blockchain phenomenon very seriously. Just a few weeks after revealing its....
Mastercard, the second-biggest payments multinational in the world after Visa, has revealed a set of three blockchain APIs in its developer site. The offering of its own blockchain solution can be seen as Mastercard’s attempt to get ahead of the burgeoning pack of blockchain developers across the financial landscape. The credit card giant showcases three API offerings. Its ‘Blockchain Core API’ provides a toolkit for adopters and users to run their own nodes while administrating participants in a blockchain network. The Smart Contracts API allows developers to write custom scripts using....
Mastercard, the American multinational financial services corporation, announced the company is dipping further into the digital asset ecosystem by acquiring the blockchain intelligence firm Ciphertrace. The partnership announcement says the firm will help bolster Ciphertrace’s and Mastercard’s cyber security solutions.
Mastercard Purchased Ciphertrace for Undisclosed Sum
On Thursday, the financial payments giant Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has revealed the company has acquired the blockchain surveillance firm Ciphertrace. The blockchain company is a Menlo Park,....
A prominent financial services institution has jumped on the cryptocurrency trademark bandwagon, filing fresh trademark rights for virtual worlds, nonfungible tokens, and more. Mastercard has filed 15 trademark applications for its brand name, the tagline “Priceless,” and its circles logo, all of which allude to metaverse and NFT objectives. This is a significant step for […]