Mastercard moves to protect 'risky and frisky' crypto transactions

Expands into a sector so toxic many won't touch it

Supposedly ingenious schemes to revolutionize the finance industry with crypto are not hard to find - nor are their failures. And scarcely a day passes on which a cryptocurrency venture's infosec is not found wanting. That sad situation is causing financial institutions sufficient pain that Mastercard thinks the time is ripe for a service that helps lenders to understand if their customers' crypto purchases are dangerous....