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Paws and effect

From chew toys to chow time, the pet economy is fetching record growth. The Mastercard Economics Institute reveals where spending is off the leash with its list of the top 30 U.S. cities with the most lavish pet lovers.

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Perspectives

Latest news about people and tech from around the world

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Sustainability
Meet the women revolutionizing healthy snacks, one imperfect fruit at a time
Inclusion
All access: Tech that moves everyone forward
Commerce
The pet economy is flying (and swimming and running and ... )
Sustainability
This digital solution is turning waste into a small business opportunity
Sustainability
Harking back to the Inca’s golden past to plant a greener future
Inclusion
Financial Freedom 101: This bootcamp taught students to take control of their finances

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A peek behind the curtain

A group of Lady Gaga superfans got a magical opportunity to meet their idol and perform in a new version of her "Abracadabra" video: "Nothing's ever going to top that for the rest of my life." 

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Monthly spotlight

Small business

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Too small to be ignored? Not anymore. Why shoring up cyber defenses is crucial for small businesses

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Remote access: For rural entrepreneurs, it’s a struggle to click into the digital economy

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How to get small businesses organized so they can focus on work, not the business of work

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This entrepreneur is bringing Indigenous fashion to Main Street

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An Appalachian town with a digital edge

 

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?
Threat intelligence
How threat intelligence works

Press

Latest company news and announcements

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April 2025
April 10, 2025
Update regarding Mastercard’s Chief Financial Officer

April 2, 2025
MoneyGram and Mastercard collaborate to advance digital money movement

March 2025
March 31, 2025
Mastercard is modernizing commercial payments with embedded virtual card technology

March 17, 2025
ICBA Payments and Mastercard partner to upgrade customer payment experiences for community banks

INSIGHTS

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Commerce
Personalization maturity in e-commerce
Payments
The state of commercial card acceptance 2025
Payments
The state of chargebacks 2025