BROWSING: City Possible

Mastercard has more than doubled the intake of smart cities to its City Possible programme, convened at the end of last year to foster public-private collaboration in the smart cities space. The initiative now has more than 40 members, it said at Smart City Expo...

Mastercard has confirmed 16 ‘cities’, or rather urban centres, as founding members of its City Possible programme, convened to foster public-private collaboration in the smart cities space. The ‘cities’, varying in profile, joining the City Possible initiative are: Athens, Aurora (Illinois), Baltimore, Dubai, Dublin,...

Mastercard and Microsoft are to pool their payment, data analytics and cloud technologies to create a smart city “exchange” to help mayors, policy makers and urban planners tackle urban challenges such as traffic congestion and economic development. The alliance will allow cities to use economic...