Social Impact at Mastercard

At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.


 

Videos from this campaign

"Financial resilience for gig workers and entrepreneurs in Latin America with behavioral sciences."
Seated people in a room of others, looking in the same direction.
LaToya Larkin
woman being interviewed
Mastercard logo with "Inclusive Growth Score"
picking vegetables

Content from this campaign

Diversity & Inclusion

Mastercard Strive USA: One Year Later
One year after the launch of Strive USA, Mastercard’s U.S. small business initiative is now supporting small businesses in 43 states and working closely with 16 prominent organizations. Here we provide an update on our work and progress — and where we go next.

Innovation & Technology

Mastercard: The Human Equation: Using AI and Data To Address Global Challenges and Build Inclusive Economies
How can we use new technology and collective action to significantly improve the lives of all people and the health of our entire planet?

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

To Measure Social Impact, We Could Start by Using the Tools We Already Have
An initiative called Project Kirana, launched by Mastercard and its partners, helped Renu adopt digital payments, creating the formal transaction history that would show her business was booming.

Diversity & Inclusion

Advancing the Financial Health of Women Workers in Global Supply Chains
RISE supports collaborative industry action at scale to advance gender equality in global garment, footwear and home textiles supply chains.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Secret Ingredients to Thriving Small Businesses
The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a heavy blow to small businesses, but a silver lining emerged amidst the shuttering of storefronts: a clearer understanding of the types of support small businesses need to survive, grow and compete in today’s digital economy.

Research, Reports & Publications

Mastercard: For Everyone To Win, You Have To Keep Score
The Mastercard Newsroom spoke to Franco to learn how the Inclusive Growth Score has evolved, how the new report can help leaders better understand the factors that drive equity and what’s next.

Diversity & Inclusion

With New Digital Tools, Millions of Women Entrpeneurs Are Building Resilience
After many years of little progress, we’re finally narrowing the gender gap in financial account ownership. According to the most recent Findex, the gap narrowed from 9 percent to 6 percent across developing economies as more women gained access to financial tools.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Mastercard's Davos Takeaways: The Economy, Blockchain and Building Trust by Accelerating Inclusion
About 2,700 policymakers, finance and tech leaders, celebrities, journalists, academics and activists gathered at Davos to debate topics such as deglobalization, decarbonization, distrust and digitization under the theme of “Cooperation in a Fragmented World.”

Diversity & Inclusion

Unlocking Potential: How Financial Inclusion Can Create a Better Tomorrow
Through CARE’s Ignite Program – a partnership with the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth – Thao was able to obtain affordable financing through the programme’s access to essential digital tools and training, which helped her expand her business to online sales.

Innovation & Technology

Trust in Tech Has Eroded: Here Are 3 Ways To Rebuild It
My company, like many others, believes that there’s great promise in blockchain technology to build more efficient financial instruments and payments systems. But none of it is possible without trust first.
Mastercard logo (4/3/24)

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