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Featured report

What's in store for payments?

From simplifying transactions of all kinds — retail, commercial, cross-border, blockchain — to making digital interactions more secure, technology and innovative partnerships are continuing to transform how we transact.

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Perspectives

Latest news about people and tech from around the world

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Year in review
Tech roundup of 2024: All eyes on AI
Year in review
Strength in numbers: How business, government and even kids united to fight cybercrime in 2024
Passions
Revisiting ‘The Nutcracker’ and rediscovering childhood magic
Our people
A software engineer hungry to help puts his skills to work on a app to feed homeless people
Our people
Why I respond to the call for help, every time
Payments
10 top payments trends for 2025 — and beyond

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From dreams to drafts

A Montana family turns hometown pride, a passion for craft beer and an embrace of digital technology into a thriving tap room. 

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Small business

Deep dive
An Appalachian town with a digital edge

Q&A
How a low-cost phone can change the equation for millions of African entrepreneurs

Story
If the future is female (and digital), these Indian entrepreneurs are ready

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In Colombia, building businesses by bridging the digital divide

tips
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?
Passkeys
Why do I keep getting asked to set up a passkey?
Contactless payments
What you need to know about tap and go
Scams
How can you spot a social engineering scam?
Tokenization
How does tokenization protect sensitive data?
CBDCs
How will digital currencies issued and backed by central banks work?
Real-time payments
What's driving the momentum toward real-time payments?
Open banking
What are the benefits to putting your financial data to work?
virtual cards
How do virtual cards work in real life?

Press

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December 2024
December 20, 2024
Mastercard finalizes acquisition of Recorded Future 

December 5, 2024
Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and data.org announce AI2AI Challenge awardees

December 3, 2024
TD helps its MBNA cardholders support funding reforestation efforts in Canada through the Priceless Planet Coalition

November 2024
November 30, 2024
Mastercard SpendingPulse: U.S. Black Friday retail sales up +3.4% vs. last year

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Commercial payments


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

blog
Reimagining business travel, without all the baggage

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Virtual cards 101: Simplifying B2B payments

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

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

INSIGHTS

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Trust
Open banking: The imperative of trust
AI
Gen AI: Rising superpowers
Reimagining money
The Invisible Handshake