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At the Singapore FinTech Festival, Mastercard unveiled an ambitious vision to transform e-commerce in the Asia Pacific: making online shopping completely password-free and card-number-free by 2030. While over a third of Mastercard transactions worldwide are already tokenised, realising this vision in the Asia Pacific — projected to exceed USD 7 trillion by 2030 — will require collaboration across the payments ecosystem.

Mastercard introduces Mastercard Threat Intelligence, a solution that leverages cyber threat intelligence to combat payment fraud comprehensively. So, what should you know about it?

Malaysia has become the first Asia-Pacific country to roll out Mastercard Bill Pay, a new bill management tool that combines electronic bill presentation and payment in one place. Officially launched in Kuala Lumpur yesterday (10 January 2023), the tool is available to consumers via ATX’s digital wallet GoPay and web-based online payment platform PayHub2U. 

Some may find it a hassle to open the e-wallet app when wanting to pay. If there's a slow internet connection, the payment process would be awkward, especially when there's a long line behind you. Luckily, more and more e-wallet platforms are rolling out physical cards nowadays. Boost has become the latest platform to join the force by announcing a partnership with Mastercard.

Back in 2017, Mastercard unveiled a biometric payment card that allows you to make purchases without ever touching a keypad and it's definitely a great idea to protect users' identities. Until now, the company is making the card with Samsung adding its own twist on it.

The Maybank Grab Mastercard Platinum Credit Card has been officially unveiled where you can earn up to 5 times more rewards, which you can apply starting from today onwards at any Maybank branch in Malaysia. Furthermore, if you were to apply for the aforementioned credit card online before 30 September, you’ll be eligible for an Edifier TWS1 True Wireless Earbuds if you spend a minimum of RM300 within 45 days of the credit card approval date.

What's uppppp TechNaversss! NewBytes is back and it's gonna be our first 2019 edition! It's a bit late but we had a slow startup and now we are picking up some steam. There were plenty of things happening over the past three weeks, the most notable one would be the #10YearsChallenge "conspiracy theory", CES 2019 also happened over the week before, and many many smartphones were released such as Huawei's first Punch Fullview phone - Nova 4, the budget-friendly HONOR 10 Lite and HONOR Band 4 series, the magnetic slider Xiaomi Mi MIX 3, the rather late  Razer Phone 2 and finally, Samsung also announced the upcoming Galaxy S10 launching date in San Francisco, California. 

What's up, TechNavers? Welcome back to another edition of NewsBytes and over the past few days, we got some news on some companies doing some community activity together online and offline, new products ranging to phones to storage devices, and some news on 5G by vivo. Without further ado, head on below to check out what has been happening around the world of technology!

During the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Cyberview Sdn Bhd, Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC), and Mastercard at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, Cyberjaya has strengthened its offerings as a Smart City to go cashless in line with the Malaysian government’s push to reduce cash transactions.

Today, in an important industry milestone, Mastercard has unveiled the foundation for the future of commerce with the new Masterpass global digital payment service. This enables consumers to look no further than their own trusted bank or credit union to make fast, simple and secure digital payments – across devices and channels – anywhere they want to shop be it online, in app and now in-store with contactless.