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MasterCard’s contactless transactions shot up by 40% over last year: Q1FY20

We missed this earlier.  Card-not-present spend, which include online transactions and payments without a physical card, now account for over 50% of MasterCard's switched volume in April, up from about 40% YoY. MasterCard said it is working to increase the amount cardholders can transact via contactless methods worldwide, the company said in its Q2FY20 earnings call released April 29. As lockdowns kicked in worldwide, MasterCard's payments volume fell rapidly every week of of March and April. Cross-border volume fell by a third in mid-March, and remained half of usual volume since March 28 until the week ended April 21. Any changes planned around interchange or network fees have been postponed. MasterCard expects to capture the market that will depart from cash to online payments. People are getting used to virtual entertainment and getting home deliveries (when otherwise they would have gone out), so "there is some behavior patterns moving toward digital, and we believe that will continue to persist," Michael Miebach, president and CEO-elect said. "It's not only displacing existing electronic payments, it's a net increase that we expect versus cash," he added. MasterCard expects the attitude towards cash to be more negative than it was before Cross-border payments plummeted by over 20% by end of March, while card-present volumes plummeted by ~80%. Card-not-present payments (for non entertainment & travel) starting increasing in April and shot up by 35-40% by April end. Card-not-present transactions had fallen by 20% by April end, but this was dragged down by the impact on travel. Apart from…

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