Featured report

How fintechs are supercharging small biz

Financial technology companies are reshaping financial services for long-underserved small businesses, helping them better manage cash flow, unlock capital, enable digital payments and more.

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Featured stories

When small business wins, everyone wins

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An Appalachian town with a digital edge

Angel Gregorio in her retail shop and small business incubator in Washington, D.C.

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Michal Prevor and her bakery manager Carmen in Babka Bailout in Jersey City.

Turning a pandemic bake sale into a full-blown business? For Babka Bailout, it’s a piece of cake

Translating success: How to equip Hispanic entrepreneurs for growth

Perspectives

Latest news about people and tech from around the world

3 ways we can help small business drive climate-smart inclusive growth

Talking trash: How one Danish city is cleaning up, cup by cup

Meet the climatologist mitigating extreme-weather risk all over the map

Mastercard Signals

How new fintechs are supercharging small business

An Appalachian town with a digital edge

In the Philippines, women are growing a forest — and financial resilience

Featured video

Digital transformation? A piece of cake

Michal Prevor turned a fundraiser featuring her husband's family recipe for babka into a brick-and-mortar bakery and thriving online business, with her unusual takes on the traditional Jewish sweet bread now shipping nationwide. Here's her story.

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Monthly spotlight

Cybersecurity

Blog
Why AI is a double-edged sword in cybersecurity

Story
How to combat cybercrime with a bit of military-style preparedness

Story
These girls are hacking the future

Explainer
What is digital skimming? How to stay safe online

digital magazine
The Update: The state of cybersecurity

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Why small businesses are big targets for cybercriminals — and 6 steps to protect them this holiday shopping season

Explainers

A deeper dive into today's big ideas

Digital skimming

How did this old scam evolve for e-commerce?

Why do I keep getting asked to set up a passkey?

Contactless payments

What you need to know about tap and go

How can you spot a social engineering scam?

How does tokenization protect sensitive data?

How will digital currencies issued and backed by central banks work?

Real-time payments

What's driving the momentum toward real-time payments?

What are the benefits to putting your financial data to work?

How do virtual cards work in real life?

Press

Latest company news and announcements

November 2024

November 20, 2024

Unwrapping 2024 Canadian holiday shopping trends

November 14, 2024

Mastercard extends live music footprint with new U.S. benefits for cardholders

November 13, 2024

Mastercard reinvents checkout with password and number free payments

November 12, 2024

Mastercard to supercharge small business operations through new innovative platform

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Commercial payments

story
It's the end of the expense report as we know it

blog
Reimagining business travel, without all the baggage

explainer
Virtual cards 101: Simplifying B2B payments

story
How better cross-border payments create new opportunities for people and businesses

q&A
How restaurants can use take to save money and reduce food waste

INSIGHTS

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Generative AI: The transformation of banking

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