At Mastercard, we pursue big, bold ideas that create impact and value at-scale. 💡🌍 This week, we were recognized by LinkedIn 📣 on their list of Top Companies in Financial Services 2025 in select regions. This award is a testament to our desire to drive transformative change through relentless innovation and creativity. 🚀 #WeAreMastercard #TopCompany #Innovation
About us
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re building a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.
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http://www.mastercard.com
External link for Mastercard
- Industry
- IT Services and IT Consulting
- Company size
- 10,001+ employees
- Headquarters
- Purchase, NY
- Type
- Public Company
- Founded
- 1966
- Specialties
- global digital payments/commerce, technology, innovative mobile payment solutions, and processing
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Employees at Mastercard
Updates
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The payments sector, a cornerstone of the global economy, is undergoing significant changes, driven by accelerating technological innovation. These advancements are reshaping financial activities, influencing stakeholders across all global regions. To help customers better understand and navigate this complex landscape, Mastercard Business Intelligence Market Trends has brought together a senior expert panel to discuss key trends in payments and banking: • the rise 📈 of alternative payments • next-gen personal finance solutions 🏦 driving customer engagement • acquiring solutions for SMEs 🏪 • alternative credit data unlocking 🔑 financial inclusion • data and analytics driving customer retention 👀 Register for the special #TrendsTalks webinar on Tuesday 6th May today to join the discussion! Session 1: https://lnkd.in/e6REmmRk Session 2: https://lnkd.in/ejdPFSPF
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Congratulations to Raja Rajamannar, Mastercard’s Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, on his well-deserved induction into the American Advertising Federation Advertising Hall of Fame! Raja’s impact continues to shape not just our brand, but the entire marketing industry — and we’re proud to celebrate this incredible milestone with him.
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Another World Password Day? Mastercard believes you deserve better. Mastercard is helping create a world without passwords. By the end of the decade, we aim to eliminate manual card and password entry for online payments, replacing them with the seamless biometrics already available on your devices. With passwords increasingly vulnerable to breaches, the shift to safer, more secure authentication methods is essential. Hear from our team on why we’re passionate about a password-free future. #WorldPasswordDay #Biometrics #WeAreMastercard
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We are committed to offering financial programs and products that both educate and empower communities. In celebration of Financial Literacy Month and Operation HOPE’s #GreenSocksDay Challenge, a nationwide initiative to promote financial literacy throughout April, we hosted a Master Your Card financial literacy session at WHEDco with members from the Bronx Burners Running Club. 💚 After completing the financial literacy session, the kids enjoyed a #PricelessExperience at Yankee Stadium, where they met Yankees legends Roy White and Cecil Fielder and watched the game! Learn more about our Master Your Card program and available resources here: https://lnkd.in/exi8FDx7
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As another instant payment regulation deadline approaches in Europe, the right strategy and smart use of data can transform compliance challenges into opportunities. In our blog, we unpack this - the challenges that lie ahead and how to navigate these, stay compliant and leverage data to create better customer experiences. 🔍 What's Changing? The EU Instant Payment Regulation (IPR) mandates that all banks and PSPs in the Eurozone must process transactions within 10 seconds, 24/7, 365 days a year by October 9, 2025. 💡 What's Challenging? As instant payments grow, real-time fraud management and liquidity control in an always on world become vital, as does aligning with global standards. 🌟 The Opportunity in Front of Us Outsmarting fraud with data, real-time liquidity control, and elevating customer journeys with personalized experiences. As Anna Shtanko, Vice President of Product Management, Real-Time Payments, Mastercard, puts it, “Success isn’t about focusing on a single payment type - it’s about creating experiences that reflect the diverse needs of consumers, powered by real-time data”. Ready to stay ahead and not just catch up? Dive into our blog and discover how to turn today's challenges into tomorrow's wins. https://lnkd.in/eTvR3pR7
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AI agents that shop and pay. Stablecoins for everyday spending. Insights from the recent Global Inclusive Growth summit. And a dynamic vision for the future of payments from Michael Miebach. In this edition of "Inside the Circles," explore how Mastercard is shaping the digital economy and changing how we pay and get paid.
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We’re thrilled to expand our partnership with Corpay to enhance our cross-border and account-to-account payment capabilities! This partnership will provide financial institutions and their customers with robust, end-to-end cross-border payment solutions from Mastercard. By expanding our reach into the large and growing cross-border B2B payments space, we help our financial institution partners deliver on the non-carded needs of their commercial customers, simply and efficiently. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eU39Z8t4
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What if your AI assistant could shop, pay, and manage transactions securely — just like you would? Today, Mastercard unveiled Mastercard Agent Pay, a groundbreaking solution bringing smarter, more secure, and more personal payments to life through agentic AI technology. Agent Pay uses Mastercard’s trusted tokenization to enable AI agents to make secure, transparent purchases on behalf of consumers and businesses—whether planning a birthday party or paying international suppliers. Through our foundational technology we’re helping to unlock a future of agentic commerce—built on innovation, collaboration, and responsibility. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eHxBTS32 #AI #Payments #Innovation #Tokenization #AgenticCommerce
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Today, we announced our end-to-end capabilities to support stablecoins, ensuring payments can be made or received using them - anytime, anywhere. Alongside proven leaders across Web3, finance and fintech, we’re empowering consumers and businesses to use stablecoins as easily as the money in their bank accounts. Here’s how: https://lnkd.in/eEAgHGk8 #stablecoins #web3 #fintech #crypto