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21.08.26

The Mastercard Outage Was Short. The Dependency It Exposed Isn’t

A failed Mastercard system update interrupted Australian payments. The useful question is how merchants design for the next failure.

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21.07.26

Visa Processed More Than $4 Trillion in a Quarter. The Network Effect Is Still Working

Visa's quarterly payment volume passed $4 trillion as spending and World Cup travel lifted activity. Scale remains the card networks' strongest product.

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