MasterCard has announced a radical shift in the design and functionality of its credit and debit cards: by 2030, the traditional 16-digit card number will no longer be ...

Mastercard’s update comes as its major competitor, Visa Inc., also looks for ways to make consumers discard the 16-digit credit and debit card number. Visa similarly announced major changes to ...

Australia is expected to be the first major market to embrace numberless credit cards in the next two years, according to Mastercard.