Small Merchants and Entrepreneurs Prefer to Settle with iZettle
People in Sweden, the country in Northern Europe where I am from, would consider themselves early adopters in electronic payments – for instance they were quick to put aside checks and cash. Despite...
View ArticleH&R Block Creates a Cashless Tax Experience
When most people think of preparing their taxes, they think of paperwork, stress and tons of time. But at H&R Block, we want our clients to know that there’s a better way to do your taxes – that it...
View ArticleSt. Louis Employee Takes Cashless to New Heights
When MasterCard’s St. Louis campus went cashless a few weeks ago, I challenged myself to find ways to take it to the next level within my own team. As the official party planner/cruise director in my...
View ArticleMobile Innovation: Opening Doors through Financial Inclusion
Mobile payments is more than a technology platform. It’s a way to enable greater financial inclusion and financial access for the 2.5 billion financially underserved consumers worldwide. I was first...
View ArticleNo Cash in this Dough
Dimitri Roels is a guest blogger and the owner of Het Vlaamsch Broodhuys bakery. I established Het Vlaamsch Broodhuys, which translates to The Flemish Bakery, back in 1996, after having worked many...
View ArticleDeath to the Fat Wallet
I’ve got a confession: I never liked cash. Dollar bills and pennies and dimes everywhere…And that FAT WALLET… No thanks. As I travel around the world for work and for fun, using my card is so much...
View ArticleStylist Lilliana Vazquez Gets the Most Beauty into Her Day with “Tap and Pay”
Lilliana Vazquez is a guest blogger and style expert. As a reporter and stylist I’m always running around NYC- whether it’s trying to get to a shoot on time or desperately trying to make it to a...
View ArticleA Journey into the Fate of Cash with Author David Wolman
David is a contributing editor at WIRED and author of “The End of Money” When I first embarked on the journey that became The End of Money, I wanted to personalize this investigation into the past and...
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Flip the Coin, It’s Time to Change: No Cash Day in Italy
Geronimo Emili is the founder of NoCashDay.org and the promoter of “No Cash Day” initiative in Italy Italy is a beautiful and ancient place, and I’ve always been awestruck by the ancestral relationship...
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Join us for a #CashlessConvo on May 10
Wow – what a week so far for us at MasterCard! We presented our Mobile Payments Readiness index (do you know if your country is ready?), traveled to CTIA where we unveiled our PayPass Wallet, and Gary...
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The Fletcher School Examines Cost of Cash in the United States
Ben Mazzotta, Ph.D. is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Emerging Market Enterprises, The Fletcher School at Tufts University How do people use cash? Does the way that they use cash...
View ArticlePoland is on the Road towards Cashless one Ride at a Time
Mariusz Przybylski is Head of the Social Communication Department and PR Manager at Mennica Polska Mennica Polska was founded in 1766 and since then it has been a leading producer of coins and...
View ArticleTwo Reasons Why I Needed Cash in Brazil
During the month of March all employees in the Latin America and the Caribbean region were challenged to live a month without cash, which I personally took to heart. I used my credit and debit cards,...
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Eskisehir in Turkey: Leading the Way Towards Becoming a Cashless City
Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Büyükerşen is the Mayor of Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality in Turkey Not only am I the Mayor of Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality in Turkey, but more importantly, I am also a...
View ArticleGoing to Like Place, Hawaii by Prepaid: A Young Belgian’s Cashless Journey
During the first two weeks of June 2012, I was challenged by AXA bank to go travel from Belgium to Like Place in Hawaii by earning likes on my Facebook page. The more likes the better, because for...
View ArticleEl Ñaqui on Using Cash Less on the Streets
Jose Bengoa is owner and Executive Chef of El Ñaqui When thinking of food trucks in Puerto Rico most people picture low quality food, eating on the go and paying in cash. However, when I started my own...
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A Quest for Electronic Payments
Lourdes Maldonado is Assistant to the General Management and the Finance Department at Quest Diagnostics, Mexico Quest Diagnostics has been in the market since 1973. We offer over 8,000 medical...
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One Week Without Cash in Amsterdam by Bea & Gea
Davina Risseeuw is Senior Product Manager Debit Cards at ABN AMRO Bank Have you already met with Bea and Gea? No? Well, Bea & Gea are two very bright and talkative women. Their mission as ABN AMRO...
View ArticleOman Moves Towards a Cashless Society
Muhanna Moosa Baqer, Manager of ePayments, Information Technology Authority in Oman In some parts of the world e-Commerce and e-Payments are mature developments and expected, but elsewhere, like in...
View ArticleCelebrating Cash Independence with Sovereign-Santander
Eduardo is CEO of U.S. Cards & Payments Division, Sovereign Bank – Santander We all want to make our daily activities as simple and convenient as possible. In my role as head of Cards and Payments...
View ArticleCafé Cashless: Hungary’s First Cashless Cafeteria
Gabor Mate is Managing Director at Katona Jozsef Theatre, Budapest, Hungary Many nations in the world including Hungarians often struggle to find the right balance between tradition and innovation. Our...
View ArticleDe Nieuwe Boekhandel: Cashless Innovations in a Non-Traditional Bookstore
Monique is the owner of “De Nieuwe Boekhandel” I was born with a book in my hand. As a child you could always find my tiny fingers wrapped around a book of some sort. As I grew, the books I read grew...
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No Cash for Students: ISIC Says Today’s Students are the True Cashless Pioneers
Martijn van de Veen is General Manager for the International Student Identity Card (ISIC) I believe that students are the true cashless pioneers. Today’s millennials, our student generation, have grown...
View ArticleMasterCard Morning Brew: Cashless Pioneers of 2012
As we wrap up 2012, we take a look back at the highlights of our Cashless Pioneers from the past year. The Cashless Pioneers section of our blog is our way of celebrating those business owners;...
View ArticleCashless Registers Explode in NL Supermarkets: Maestro Usage Increases
Miriam Osten, Manager for Stichting Bevorderen Efficiënt Betalen (SBEB) The number of cashless or ‘cards only’ registers in Dutch supermarkets have increased significantly over the past three years. In...
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