To provide content creators with innovative digital card solutions that revolutionize financial management, enhance security, and offer exclusive Mastercard benefits.

Mastercard

Wowzi

Masria Digital Payments

To enhance digital payment experiences, Sumsub has joined the Mastercard Engage Partner Program, providing its KYC, fraud detection, and transaction monitoring solutions to Mastercard's global network, addressing the growing need for reliable fraud mitigation tools.

Sumsub

To streamline digital onboarding and fight fraud, Trulioo, an identity platform, and Mastercard, a global technology company, will deliver innovative identity verification solutions.

Trulioo

To accelerate the implementation and delivery of Mastercard Move, Mastercard's portfolio of money transfer capabilities, to banks and their customers, by integrating it with Temenos Payments Hub.

Temenos

To leverage its open banking platform and AI for advanced personal financial management for individuals and businesses.

Making banking work, without the paperwork

Neobanks

bunq

Platforms offering digital checking and savings accounts that target all types of individual consumers

Mastercard has partnered with Ingenico (a provider of payment acceptance and services) to launch an in-store palm-recognition-based payment authentication at Red Expres in Uruguay.

Biometric Payments

Ingenico

Companies that offer biometric POS terminals, including the complementing software that uses palm print, fingerprint, or finger veins for payment authentication.

Mastercard has partnered with Fujitsu Frontech, Fulcrum Biometrics (a provider of biometrics identification technology) to launch an in-store palm-recognition-based payment authentication at Red Expres in Uruguay.

Fulcrum Biometrics

Mastercard has partnered with Scanntech (a provider of intelligence platform) to launch an in-store palm-recognition-based payment authentication at Red Expres in Uruguay.

Scanntech

Bunq partners with NVIDIA to improve fraud detection through accelerated AI computing

To accelerate the issuance of cryptocurrency-powered card programs in Europe.

Disrupting the traditional financial system using blockchain

Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

Unbanked

Blockchains and related protocols that allow developers to build DeFi apps

To provide an all-in-one payment solution for small merchants in India, enabling them to accept Bharat QR, UPI, Tap & Pay, and Tap + Pin payments through a soundbox with dual confirmation features and seamless connectivity.

Democratizing financial technology with a suite of API-based solutions

FinTech Infrastructure

Axis Bank

Platforms that enable FinTechs to integrate a range of payment-related services such as one-time payments, subscriptions, and receipt management for domestic and cross-border transactions.


To advance automation of buyer and supplier payments for HSBC's travel merchant customers, leveraging virtual cards to digitize B2B travel transactions and boost liquidity and security across the travel value chain.

HSBC

To enhance access to innovative cashless payment solutions for local businesses and consumers in Ethiopia through a collaboration between Mastercard and EagleLion System Technology.

EagleLion System Technology

To deepen the understanding of the development impact of digital scams and ways to detect and address them, UNDP and Mastercard have signed an MoU to collaborate on a global coalition project.

UNDP

To develop sustainable financial card solutions that meet regulatory requirements and customer preferences, leveraging eco-friendly materials and production processes.

Earth-friendly biotech solutions for the textile, packaging and construction industries.

Bio-based Materials

Thames Technology

Developers of alternative materials for industrial applications such as sporting goods, electronic components, and automotive parts

To extend digital access to critical services to 100 million individuals and businesses in Africa over the next 10 years, leveraging the partnership between Mastercard and the African Development Bank Group.

African Development Bank

To enhance security and drive innovation in the fleet and fuel payment industry across Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa by expanding the partnership between Mastercard and Payment24.

Payment24

To transform the remittance landscape by leveraging digital solutions to make remittances more accessible and affordable, contributing significantly to financial inclusion.

Eliminating financial intermediaries by directly connecting individuals and businesses

P2P Financial Platforms

Leap Financial

Platforms using a global network of businesses and individuals to complete international fund transfers

To provide customers in Bahrain with a premium digital payment experience, stc pay partnered with Mastercard to launch the stc pay Mastercard Elite card, offering exclusive benefits such as cashback, airport lounge access, and travel insurance.

stc pay

To streamline the resolution of transaction disputes and reduce associated costs by integrating Mastercard's dispute resolution services with Salesforce's Financial Services Cloud, providing a comprehensive solution for issuers.

Salesforce

To provide ABHI's users with Mastercard-powered Salary Advance Cards, enabling secure and convenient international and domestic online payments, fostering financial wellness and driving financial inclusion in the UAE.

Abhi

To launch a prepaid Mastercard and introduce Community Pass technology in Ethiopia, enhancing digital and financial inclusion for smallholder farmers and international travelers.

Cooperative Bank of Oromia

Platforms that allow FinTechs to integrate banking services such as opening and maintaining accounts, facilitating card payments, etc.


To explore the operational and risk management benefits of tokenized deposits to support the settlement of tokenized assets, such as carbon credits, through a proof-of-concept pilot involving Standard Chartered Bank, Mox Bank, Mastercard, and Libeara.

Standard Chartered Bank

To enable instant, traceable, seamless, and cost-effective international transactions for individuals and businesses across Africa, leveraging Mastercard's network and treasury capabilities and Access Bank's deep understanding of African markets.

Access Bank

To drive innovation and financial inclusion in Bahrain's payments ecosystem, Mastercard has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with The BENEFIT Company (BENEFIT), Bahrain’s leading fintech firm and national electronic payment infrastructure operator.

The Benefit Company

To enhance virtual cards to make B2B payments for online travel agents and other travel businesses.

Checkout.com

To introduce Mastercard Installments in the UAE, allowing consumers to split purchases into installments across Mastercard's merchant network online and in-store.

Buy Now, Pay Later

Network International

These companies offer merchants and financial institutions a white-label product to provide in-house BNPL solutions.

To empower businesses across the region with greater access to corporate and commercial solutions powered by SingleView technology, leveraging Mastercard's state-of-the-art technology and SingleView's comprehensive suite of advanced offerings.

Single View

To introduce Click to Pay, a payment solution aimed at enhancing the online payment experience for consumers across Europe.

PrestaShop

To combat the threat of internet scams, Mastercard has launched Scam Protect, a suite of AI-powered tools, and is working with Verizon and UK banks to identify and prevent fraudulent activities.

Verizon

Companies that enable organizations to embed anti-money laundering (AML), identity verification, and know-your-customer (KYC) solutions.


To upgrade its debit, credit, and prepaid cards with features specifically designed for blind and partially sighted individuals.

UniCredit

To deploy AMRs at Unimarc supermarkets. From 2024, Zippedi will roll out the technology in six Unimarc stores across Chile.

Speeding up sales, cutting costs, and preparing for the future of retail—whether brick-and-mortar or online.

Retail Industry Robots

Zippedi

Companies developing stock counting, price tagging, and consumer data aggregation robots mainly targeted for use in supermarkets and department stores.  

To simplify domestic and cross-border money movement for businesses and consumers in Canada, leveraging Mastercard's money transfer solutions and VoPay's globally interoperable platform with embedded finance capabilities.

VoPay

To enable near real-time payouts for commercial banks and payers by integrating Mastercard Move, Mastercard's portfolio of domestic and international money transfer solutions, into Verituity's payments platform.

Verituity

To enable Equity Bank customers in Kenya to securely send money to 30 countries through Mastercard Cross-Border Services, offering faster transaction times, enhanced security, and competitive pricing to drive financial inclusion.

Equity Bank

To provide users with a crypto debit card that enables seamless crypto-to-fiat conversion for online, in-person purchases, and ATM withdrawals, through a partnership between 1inch Network, Baanx, and Mastercard.

Cryptocurrencies

1inch Labs

Companies and protocols that offer infrastructure solutions for businesses to accept cryptocurrency payments for goods and services

To provide cardholders with discounted wellness, travel, and lifestyle services through partnerships with Alo Moves, Booking.com, HealthLock, Instacart Business, Lyft, MoviePass, and ResortPass.

MoviePass

Alo Moves

Booking.com

HealthLock

Instacart

Lyft

ResortPass

QED Investors

Golden Seeds

Backstage Capital

Harbert Growth Partners

Lovell

How Women Invest

Hello Alice

Commercial Bank and Mastercard have partnered to sign a sustainability pledge, demonstrating their commitment to environmental initiatives in Qatar. Further it signed an agreement with Mastercard to introduce the Carbon Calculator, a tool developed by Mastercard in collaboration with Swedish fintech company Doconomy.

Commercial Bank Of Qatar

Emirates NBD and Marriott Bonvoy, in partnership with Mastercard, have launched two new credit cards in the UAE.

Emirates NBD

Marriott Bonvoy,Emirates NBD and Mastercard have introduced two new credit cards in the UAE.

Marriott Bonvoy

Mastercard and Zenith Bank partnership introduces affordable Mastercard Naija Card for financial inclusion in Nigeria, and exclusive World Elite Credit Card for premium global benefits.

Zenith Bank

Mastercard and Worldpay have teamed up to enhance the transaction experience for merchants by enabling faster resolution of transaction disputes and reducing chargebacks.

Worldpay

ING partners with Mastercard to offer Click to Pay in Spain, providing customers with a convenient and secure online payment solution, enhancing the user experience and ensuring increased security.

ING Bank

True Ventures

Beringea

Route 66 Ventures

Praetura Ventures

NatWest

AccessPay

Network International, a key player in digital commerce across the Middle East and Africa, has expanded its collaboration with Mastercard by extending the use of Mastercard's Brighterion fraud prevention solution, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), to more than 60,000 merchants.

Mastercard's partnership with Alipay enhances its cross-border payment solutions, meeting the growing demand for fast, secure, and transparent money transfers.

Alipay

Concur has partnered with Mastercard as part of its latest product updates to enhance travel and expense management solutions.

Travel Tech

Providers of technology-based solutions for accommodation providers, tour/experience operators to optimize revenue and operations.

Mastercard and Bahrain Credite collaborate to introduce the first-ever Mastercard UEFA Champions League card issued by IMTIAZ in Bahrain.

Bahrain Credit

Ozan Elektronik Para joins Mastercard's Engage Partner Program, becoming one of its Fintech Express issuance partners in the EEMEA region. This program facilitates easy development and launch of payment solutions for Mastercard's global customer base, offering partners access to resources and opportunities for growth

Ozan

Mastercard partners with SoftBank to bring Test & Learn® analytics platform to Japan, empowering businesses with data-driven decision-making capabilities.

Data Infrastructure & Analytics

SoftBank

Solutions that enable businesses to carry out data processing and create ML models on the underlying data for predictive analysis.

MetaMask and Mastercard collaborate on a pioneering cryptocurrency payment card, linking Web3's decentralized world with traditional finance, enabling users to spend crypto holdings at any card-accepting location.

MetaMask

Mastercard and Nexi partner to implement Mastercard's open banking technology, enabling secure digital payments across Europe. This collaboration aims to provide more choice and seamless experiences for consumers in online shopping.

Nexi

Citibank Maghreb, in collaboration with Mastercard, introduces commercial card services in Morocco, enhancing business spend management.

Platforms, apps, and cards to keep the corporate wallet in check

Business Expense Management

Citi

Solutions that enable employees to avoid out-of-pocket spending on business expenses, using company-issued payment cards

Mastercard and First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) form a strategic global partnership to innovate and enhance the digital payments ecosystem across multiple markets.

First Abu Dhabi Bank

Mastercard and SAVA partner to empower SMMEs in Africa with innovative payments technology, offering an online platform for small businesses in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and Egypt.

Sava

Uber in partnership with Mastercard and Payfare introduces the Uber Pro Card, providing drivers and delivery people in Canada with free instant payouts and exclusive cashback rewards.

Uber

Mastercard partners with ALEXBANK to advance digitization and financial inclusion. The collaboration aims to enhance payment solutions and modernize cardholders' experiences through personalized digital offerings, fostering growth and expanding services across segments.

Alexbank

HealthLock partners with Mastercard to offer its medical fraud and overbilling protection platform to commercial, small business, and consumer cardholders in the United States.

Mastercard, in collaboration with Payfare, unveils the Uber Pro Card, offering Canadian drivers and delivery personnel free instant payouts and unique cashback benefits.

Payfare

Mastercard collaborates with the Central Bank of Jordan to digitize the payment ecosystem, fostering economic growth and financial inclusion.

Central Bank Of Jordan

Mastercard and Loop, a licensed digital payments technology company, have joined forces to enhance access to advanced credit card offerings and innovative payment solutions in Saudi Arabia.

Loop

Mastercard and the National Bank of Egypt launch exclusive UEFA Champions League credit card, targeting young football enthusiasts.

National Bank of Egypt

KCB Bank Kenya and Mastercard have signed a 5-year partnership to provide enhanced payment solutions in East Africa.

KCB Group

Swoo partners with Mastercard to offer crypto cashback for contactless payments via the app, aiming to revamp loyalty programs and introduce users to crypto without major investments.

Swoo App

UCB and Mastercard launch innovative UCB Mastercard World credit card.

United Commercial Bank(UCB)

Episode Six (E6), a global leader in payment infrastructure, joins Mastercard Engage Programme for instalments in Europe amid rising demand for buy-now-pay-later solutions.

Episode Six

CABEI and Mastercard partner to accelerate digitalization of MSMEs, Fintechs, public sector institutions in Central America. The alliance aims to strengthen the economic landscape through education programs, public-private synergies, e-commerce, logistics network, and tourism sector innovation.

Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)

Awash Bank S.C partners with Mastercard to launch Awash pre-paid cards, enabling customers to make international payments and travel-related expenses easier.

Awash Bank

To introduce India's first numberless prepaid student ID card.

LEO1

Mastercard and Bank of Punjab (BOP) extend partnership to boost digital payments and financial inclusion in Pakistan's SME and gig economy sectors. BOP will issue Mastercard BusinessCards® for SMEs, targeting Pakistan's 5.2 million-strong SME market, and introduce the first Foreign Currency Business Debit Card for over 2.5 million freelancers.

The Bank of Punjab

Al Baraka Bank partners with Mastercard to introduce premium digital payment solutions in Egypt, aiming to enhance consumer and corporate expense management while driving digitization and efficiency in the payment ecosystem.

Al Baraka Banking Group

Mastercard and the U.S. Department of Commerce are teaming up to create the U.S. AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC), aiming to establish trustworthy AI standards by bringing together diverse stakeholders and fostering collaboration on research and guidance for AI safety issues.

Empowering Tomorrow's Innovations with Generative AI Infrastructure

Generative AI Infrastructure

U.S. Department of Commerce

Platforms that enable safe, responsible, and ethical GenAI deployment, ensuring compliance with regulations and/or protection against GenAI-based cybersecurity threats.

Mastercard collaborates with the Egyptian Banks Company (EBC) to advance digital payments and inclusive economic growth in Egypt.

NovoPayment partners with Mastercard through the Network Enablement Partner program, certifying its processing platform in Mexico for Mastercard transactions. This partnership allows for faster product innovation, reduced time to market, and enhanced operational efficiency, benefiting clients in the evolving payment ecosystem.

NovoPayment

Mastercard partners with Last Mile Solutions to establish new payment standards in the European EV charging industry. The collaboration aims to simplify the charging process for drivers and help CPOs comply with EU regulations, fostering the uptake of electric vehicles.

Last Mile Solutions

AtoB partners with Mastercard to offer exclusive payments network for their commercial credit card program. Together, they aim to enhance payment efficiencies for trucking industry, provide discounts, and improve fleet performance through advanced analytics and security measures. The partnership will leverage Mastercard's technology and services to benefit fleet customers.

Mastercard

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