Economic and Market Insights

Turning market signals into confident decisions

Empowering businesses with data-driven intelligence to contextualize performance and action what’s next.

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Unlock the bigger picture

Mastercard provides the perspective and benchmarks needed to spot opportunities, powered by our proprietary, global data set.

175b+

aggregated transactions that cross our network and deliver insights ¹

10k+

card value propositions mapped for comparison at the country level ²

1500+

digital banking journeys across 77 features from 270+ players, for users to benchmark global best practices ²

[1] Mastercard Form 10-K, 2025.

[2] Mastercard Internal, Market Trends, Mastercard Business Intelligence 2026.

Mastercard insights in action

Connecting what’s happening inside an organization to external realities, enabling new dimensions for growth.

Anticipate market trends

Stay ahead of potential economic and behavioral shifts with data-driven insights based on recent trends.

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Unlock industry insights

Reveal what drives consumer choices and market shifts with sector, channel, geographic and competitor insights.

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Implement sharper segmentation

Transform insights into robust customer segmentations for more meaningful personalization.

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Customer story:

TAO Group

Learn how TAO Group used SpendingPulse™ to benchmark and understand their performance in the market.

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What we do

Unlock macroeconomic insights

Contextualize and forecast performance with SpendingPulse™ market intelligence, including benchmarks and near real-time insights.

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Real-time decision intelligence

Enable confident decision-making utilizing Mastercard’s proprietary economic, consumer and payments data with AI-driven recommendations and deep industry expertise.

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Monitor actionable merchant insights

Tap into continuously updated, global merchant location intelligence to detect changes in the merchant landscape instantly for more precise analytics and segmentation.

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