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  "title": "Securing the digital frontier: Mastercard is helping fortify trust in Africa’s growing digital economy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/securing-the-digital-frontier-mastercard-is-helping-fortify-trust-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T13:31:00.000Z",
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    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/partnered/2026-09-30-securing-the-digital-frontier-mastercard-is-helping-fortify-trust-in-africas-growing-digital-economy/"
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  "summary": "As digital payments and online services expand across Africa, Mastercard is investing in fraud prevention, threat intelligence and payment resilience.",
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        "published": "2026-09-30T13:20:00.000Z"
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