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Mastercard Incorporated reports developments tied to its global digital payments network, financial results, investor events, customer partnerships, and payments research. The company supports digital payment choices in more than 200 countries and territories, using its technology, partnerships, and networks to serve consumers, businesses, financial institutions, and governments.
Recurring news themes include quarterly earnings releases and conference calls, participation in investor conferences, card-program relationships on the Mastercard network, and regional studies on digital payments, security, trust, and financial inclusion.
SoFi Technologies (SOFI) and Mastercard (MA) launched live stablecoin settlement for SoFi Bank, N.A.’s debit and credit card program using SoFiUSD across Mastercard’s global payments network.
SoFi Bank is migrating its entire card program, expected to process more than $25 billion in annualized volume, to blockchain-based settlement with SoFiUSD, which the companies describe as the first stablecoin issued by a nationally chartered bank and the first used for stablecoin settlement by a national bank on Mastercard’s network. SoFiUSD is issued by SoFi Bank, N.A., is fully redeemable 1:1 for U.S. dollars, and is backed primarily by cash reserves. It is available for institutional users and SoFi members. SoFi is in active discussions with large U.S. merchants, and SoFi and Mastercard plan to explore additional SoFiUSD settlement use cases such as cross-border payments and remittances.
Recorded Future, a Mastercard (MA) company, has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: External Threat Intelligence Service Providers, Q3 2026. In this evaluation, Recorded Future received above-average customer feedback and the highest possible score in 12 criteria, including Deep and Dark Web Monitoring, Roadmap, and Third-Party and Supply Chain Intelligence.
The company highlights its Intelligence Graph®, with more than 200 billion nodes of threat data, AI-driven analytics, and autonomous workflows that support cyber operations, digital risk protection, third-party risk, and payment fraud. Recorded Future serves over 1,900 customers in 80 countries and is extending its intelligence capabilities across fraud, payments, and third-party risk together with Mastercard and RiskRecon.
Mastercard (MA) is launching a new Race Ready small business playbook to help U.S. entrepreneurs manage predictable, high-traffic growth around major events such as the TCS New York City Marathon. New North America findings from its Dreamonomics research show small and medium-sized businesses increasingly prioritize stability, preparedness and resilience over rapid expansion.
The Mastercard Economics Institute analyzed the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon and found small restaurants and bars along the route saw a 22% race-day spending lift versus trend, up from 15% in 2023, with peak incremental spending reaching 40% in the early afternoon. Mastercard will also spotlight selected small businesses along the 2026 Marathon route, using spending and foot-traffic insights to illustrate how they can prepare for surges in demand.
KEO Capital (KEOC) has entered a 5-year strategic partnership with Mastercard (MA), enabling KEO Capital to issue Mastercard-branded cards for its cross-border program.
The company will use Mastercard's global payment network, which spans more than 200 countries and territories and processed over USD 10 trillion in gross dollar volume in 2025, to extend international market access for its clients and program participants. U.S. Dollar will be the authorized currency for all Corporate Purchasing Cards and Travel and Expenses Cards issued under the program, supporting cross-border transactions and international commerce. KEO Capital describes the agreement as complementary to its existing collaborations and as validation of the market fit of its cross-border offering.
Mastercard (MA) launched Mastercard Wallet Pay, a global portfolio of solutions for digital wallets spanning contactless (NFC), QR and online payments. The offering targets a world where digital wallets already serve over 4.3 billion users and are projected to exceed 6 billion by 2030.
Wallet Pay is designed to enhance interoperability, letting wallets connect across borders, platforms and payment types, while enabling secure issuing of credit, debit and prepaid cards. It supports unified in-store and e-commerce acceptance so that more than 3.7 billion Mastercard credentials can be linked to wallets, and facilitates fast transfers between cards, wallets and accounts in over 200 countries and territories and 150 currencies. Partners include Alipay+ (and its wallets such as AlipayHK, GCash, KakaoPay, TNG eWallet and TrueMoney), Axian, Clip, CRED, DaviPlata, Mercado Pago, MTN and TenPay Global, expanding access to low-cost financial tools and hundreds of millions of acceptance locations for both banked and underserved users.
Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced that chief financial officer Ling Hai will present at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference in San Francisco on Thursday, September 10. The discussion is scheduled to start at 7:25 p.m. Eastern Time and run for about 35 minutes, with a live audio webcast and 30-day replay available at investor.mastercard.com.
Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has completed its acquisition of BVNK, a provider of infrastructure for fiat and on-chain payments, to advance its global stablecoin capabilities. According to Mastercard, the deal strengthens its strategy to enable interoperability across fiat currencies, stablecoins, tokenized deposits and other digital assets.
Mastercard plans to combine its global network with BVNK’s on-chain infrastructure and stablecoin-native technology to support secure, compliant and interoperable value exchange at scale. The company said this integration is intended to help financial institutions, fintechs and enterprises scale use cases such as cross-border B2B payments, remittances, payouts, settlement and treasury flows powered by stablecoins and tokenized assets.
Citi (NYSE:C) and Mastercard (NYSE:MA) will expand The Curated Table dining series for U.S. Citi Strata Elite cardmembers in fall 2026, adding three marquee events in New York, Austin and Miami that combine premium dining with fashion, motorsport and art experiences.
The program highlights Citi’s lifestyle-focused rewards strategy and Mastercard World Legend benefits, with tickets for eligible Citi Strata Elite cardmembers available on a first-come, first-served basis starting at $100 and a limited number of premium packages tied to Christian Siriano’s September 2026 runway show.
Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced that its second quarter 2026 financial results are available through an earnings release on its Investor Relations website at investor.mastercard.com. The release will also be furnished to the SEC on Form 8-K. At 9:00 a.m. ET today, Mastercard will host a conference call to discuss the results, with toll-free and toll dial-in numbers and Conference ID 6451878. A replay will be available for 30 days via dial-in numbers using the same Conference ID, and the webcast recording and related materials can be accessed on the company’s Investor Relations site.
Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced medium-complexity enhancements to its Mastercard In Control virtual card number platform, adding new issuer-enforced security controls, enhanced clearing controls and expanded capabilities through the Commercial Connect API. These upgrades aim to improve risk management, integration, and scalability for enterprises, financial institutions and platforms using virtual cards.
The ecosystem now spans 43 countries and 174 currencies, with Citi first to launch the new Issuer Enforced and Clearing Controls globally. Mastercard is also extending its embedded VCN partner network across ERP, expense, AP, travel, healthcare and e-commerce platforms, including partnerships with SAP, HSBC, Emburse and various travel partners.