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Co-innovating to build the future of commerce

 

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Fintech

We’ve always taken a collaborative approach to co-innovation with fintechs. We build with an API and developer-first mindset to make it easy for fintech creators to co-innovate and unleash the vast utility and scale of our network to quickly power new and relevant solutions. Our experience securing multiple payment rails enables fintechs to operate as trusted players in the market. Our qualified technology partners help fintechs build solutions quickly to accelerate growth.

From bridging the digital divide for the next billion mobile users to addressing the needs of the underbanked and beyond, Mastercard helps fintechs accelerate the way they change the world.

Latest news

10 startups join Start Path’s Emerging Fintech program

Today, 10 companies join Start Path, Mastercard’s award-winning startup engagement program. These startups were handpicked from around the world based on their unique expertise in high-growth sectors within the payment technology industry and will participate in the next Emerging Fintech cohort.
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Podcast

How fintechs can take flight

In the podcast “What’s Next In,” two startup founders and a startup engagement expert discuss the fintech landscape, how to make the most of accelerator programs and advice for fledgling founders.
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Five people gather in front of a glass wall in the office examining sticky notes in a brainstorming session.
Blog

A decade of innovation: Fueling fintech for the next 10 years and beyond

Mastercard Start Path, which started as a single program focused on the future of payments, has expanded to include digital interactions and emerging technologies of all kinds.
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Latest news

Helping startups drive big impact for small businesses

Mastercard is uncovering opportunities to support small businesses on their digitization journey through the Start Path startup engagement program.
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Latest news

Scaling open banking to unlock fintech innovation and enable choice

Mastercard Start Path is championing nine startups across open banking and embedded finance
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Story

This startup is helping rewire businesses and governments for the carbon economy

Part of Mastercard’s latest Start Path Blockchain and Digital Assets program, Triangle helps organizations better measure climate impact and facilitate real environmental change.
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In the news

PYMNTS

Mastercard expands Start Path program to boost payment acceptance

Mastercard debuts enhancements to Fintech Express and Engage programs

TradingView

Mastercard teams up with fintech startups to accelerate digital payment solutions

CryptoTVPlus

Mastercard to scale into blockchain tech with Start Path Digital Assets program

The Plug

5 Black tech founders predict what’s ahead for the fintech industry

The Atlantic Re:think

Black-owned startups are flipping the fintech script

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Stories, articles, blogs and more

Inclusion
Every dollar matters — especially when it comes to small business lending
Inclusion
Community catalyst: He’s sparking a clean energy revolution in Black communities
Inclusion
'If you don’t have an age strategy, you don’t have a growth strategy'
Research
Pulse of the industry: A look at emerging trends in fintech
Sustainability
Curb appeal: U.K. startup reimagines city parking (and decarbonization) from the gutter up
Inclusion
ShearShare is giving the salon and barbershop industry a new look
Innovation
Innovating with fintechs to enable more consumer choice
Trust
Accelerating deployment of seamless, secure acceptance solutions
Innovation
How creators can ‘bump’ up their business
Innovation
This startup founder is helping smaller gaming developers play in the big leagues
Innovation
Fueling innovation with startups
Inclusion
How fintechs are building a healthier, more inclusive world
Innovation
Expanding the possibilities of open banking, one startup at a time
Innovation
Mastercard partner network accelerates deployment of flexible, scalable installment solutions
Inclusion
Expanding support for underrepresented fintech founders to scale and innovate
Blockchain
Scaling crypto innovation, from blockchain-based media to Web3 for emerging markets and beyond
Payments
Why making payday any day can pay off for companies too
Inclusion
These startup founders believe tech and commerce can transform communities
Inclusion
Meet the woman on a mission to eliminate the racial wealth gap in banking
Inclusion
'Making interesting things possible': This startup has opportunity on speed dial in Africa
Inclusion
How two millennials teamed up to tackle the generational wealth gap
Sustainability
Calculating emissions takes time and money better spent reducing them. A dodo could tell you that.
Blockchain
How Ava Labs is building the road to crypto ‘hypergrowth’ with Avalanche
Inclusion
This startup helps college athletes score endorsement deals
Inclusion
How FOMO could be the secret to building personal wealth
Innovation
8 fintech founders on lessons learned, opportunities earned in 2021
Inclusion
This Brazilian startup is using blockchain to revolutionize social investing (and beer!)
Inclusion
How two young entrepreneurs are gaming the financial system (in a good way)
Data
A sci-fi thrilled inspired this future fintech founder to protect personal data
Blockchain
This cryptocurrency enthusiast wants to help you create NFTs
Inclusion
Finally free of debt, this couple is paying it forward
Trust
Her daughter’s illness inspired this founder to build better health care
Data
The power of the one-question customer survey
Trust
Two brothers (and MBA dropouts) are bridging a gap in AI for banks
Inclusion
How a fintech founder sought purpose after injustice
Inclusion
Microcredit made easy: 4Told FinTech founder brings AI to digital lending for small businesses
Innovation
Will ultrasonic payments take contactless to the next level?
Inclusion
Farming Futures: A former financier is building Uber for tractors
Inclusion
Helping kids save money and build financial confidence, $1 at a time
Innovation
Point of contact: A tablet might spur confidence in restaurant reopenings
Innovation
May I help you: A digital assistant for small business owners

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Fintech voices

Zeta

helping banks transform payments

Zeta is a banking tech company that provides next-gen credit card processing to banks and fintechs through a modern, cloud-native, and fully API-ready stack.

Moeda Seeds
Humanizing finance through blockchain

Moeda Seeds is distributing access to capital by offering blockchain-based digital banking, payments and microcredit services worldwide.

Thought Machine

Modernzing the bank tech stack

Thought Machine is building the Vault platform, a cloud-native core banking and payments technology enabling banks and fintechs to remain competitive and flourish into the future.

Women founders
Standing up startups

Women make up only 7% of global fintech founders. Eight women founders who are part of Start Path share their tips for getting started, moving forward and staying sane.

Lendio
Revolutionizing lending

Lendio provides a full-service approach to small business financing, from technology infrastructure for financial institutions to access to growth capital.

LISNR
Transforming commerce with audio

LISNR connects online to offline customer journeys globally using ultrasonic data-over-sound technology that enables proximity verification and contactless transactions for merchants, financial service providers and mobility companies.

Cledara
SaaS Purchasing and Management

Cledara helps companies manage all their SaaS subscriptions in one place. Through Start Path, Mastercard is helping Cledara scale their business beyond Europe and into the U.S. and Asia.