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Mastercard plans to expand QR-based payment programs

Friday 28 July 2017 10:08 CET | News

Mastercard has announced the plans of expanding its QR-based payment programs starting with July 2017.

Mastercard worked with EMVCo and other industry parties to create a new global QR standard. These standards aim to ensure consistency in QR codes both generated and captured on a consumer’s mobile phone. The company will broaden its solutions to offer QR codes that can be scanned by either consumers or merchants under a common set of global specifications.

Launched in 2016, Masterpass QR provides people with any type of mobile phone the ability to make in-person purchases without a plastic card. A consumer scans a QR code displayed at the merchant’s checkout on their smartphone or by entering a text code into their feature phone.


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Keywords: MasterCard, QR code, online payments, EMV, merchants
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