Mastercard Global Partnerships

🚨 Webinar alert! On Wednesday 24 July, Mastercard's Bob Cohen joins GEP Worldwide to discuss how #virtualcards are transforming commercial payments, secure your place and register today: https://bit.ly/3zJk4RU

Minority-and-women-owned-business-enterprises contribute trillions of dollars to the U.S. economy every year, driving innovation, creating jobs, and fostering community development. Yet historically these businesses have too often faced challenges seeking financing. Terry Pierce, Director of Alliances, Raistone shares his thoughts on re-evaluating how working capital solutions serve minority-and-women-owned business owners in his guest blog with Mastercard. Mastercard and Raistone collaborate to accelerate working capital payments for small-and-medium-sized- businesses by using virtual cards, and you can learn more about how the partnership is taking a fresh approach to working capital disbursements in a new whitepaper out today. 👉 Download the Small Businesses Turning to Working Capital Finance to Fund Growth whitepaper here: https://lnkd.in/eNfKqZVq #SmallBusiness #WorkingCapital #VirtualCards #InclusiveGrowth

Calling all #travel #Issuers, #Acquirers, #Processors, FinTech's, PSPs and Digital Partners! We've teamed up with Mastercard Academy Europe to bring you a live webinar tomorrow, exploring the role virtual cards have to play across the travel value chain.   📅 4th July 2024, 11am-12pm CET 🎤 Victoria Bondarenko & Jack Tomkinson from Mastercard's B2B Travel team will talk all things travel payments and provide a deep dive into the Mastercard Wholesale Program, a product designed specifically for commercial travel payments. 📍 Mastercard Academy Europe on the Web Secure your virtual seat to:   💻 Understand the value of different booking channels 💳 Learn about virtual cards, and how the Mastercard Wholesale Program evolves based on market needs. 📈 Explore how Mastercard is powering the travel economy and supporting industry growth.   👉 If you are already a member of Mastercard Academy register here: https://lnkd.in/eHcqc6tx 📧 Not an Academy on the Web subscriber? No problem, simply contact us at AOW@mastercard.com or reach out to the B2B Travel Team at Travelinnovation@mastercard.com and we'll help you register.   #travelindustry #paymentindustry #travelintermediary #travelpayments #seamless #mastercard

🚨 Still time to register for our Introduction to the Travel Payments Ecosystem webinar taking place tomorrow in collaboration with Mastercard Academy Europe. Join Chiara Quaia and Kevin White for the first in a series of webinars aimed at providing travel issuers, acquirers and travel agencies with all they need to know about the latest travel payment trends and technologies. 👇 Follow the registration details below #TravelPayments #VirtualCards #Webinar #Travel #B2BPayments

🚨 We've teamed up with Mastercard Academy Europe to create a series of webinars focused on travel payments. 📅 The first in the series takes place this Friday 14 June, so follow the link below to secure your virtual seat and join Chiara Quaia and Kevin White for An Introduction to the Travel Payments Ecosystem. #TravelPayments #VirtualCards #Webinar #Travel #B2BPayments

While card approval rates across the airline industry are high, the large volume of sales generated paired with the high average transaction value, mean any percentage increase in approvals could significantly boost revenue and performance for an airline. With such economic gains, Esperanza Fernandez, Director, Airlines, Mastercard recently leveraged industry insights to identify focus areas that airlines should consider when looking to improve card approved transactions and boost revenue. #Airlines #IATA

In a 2019 survey by SAP Concur, nearly 20% of business travelers said they’d rather have their teeth drilled at the dentist than fill out an expense report. Imagine if purchases made on your corporate card could be captured and automatically populated into your expense platform? We're making that future a reality now as new technologies enable a rethink of travel and expenses.   Chad Wallace, Mastercard's global head of commercial solutions and Christopher Juneau, head of market strategy at SAP Concur share their view on the future of expense management and how we’re collectively modernizing the age-old expense report process. 👉 Check out the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eG5W9bfE

Heading to Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam this week? Find Mastercard at the Horizon stage, and Lounge in Hall 6, to discover how we’re leading innovation in AI, acceptance, cybersecurity, ESG, identity, loyalty, marketing, open banking, payments, and more. 👋 Passionate about #travel and how #B2BPayments are advancing a frictionless future for the sector? Then connect with Chiara Quaia our SVP Travel Industries who will be there to discuss all things travel innovation and #travelpayments. Connect with Mastercard and learn more: bit.ly/4aDO3Hw

We're heading to Las Vegas with HBX Group as proud Gold sponsor of their MarketHub Americas event. 🎤 Catch Mastercard's Chris Fendley on stage with Daniel Nordholm, sharing his thoughts on trends and technologies shaping the future of embedded payment and booking experiences for #hotels and #travelintermediaries. 👋 Find Ana Arjones, Director Hotels, on-site in Vegas at #MHub2024 to talk all things #b2bpayment innovation. 👉 We recently caught up with Ana who shared her thoughts on how hotels can maximize revenue and enhance payment flows. Read her interview here; https://lnkd.in/e-SkW45D #travel #travelpayments #virtualcards

We recently had the pleasure of joining Conferma for #ThePaymentsInsiderPodcast. 🔊 Mastercard's Chiara Quaia, Senior Vice President, Travel Industries and Lydie Charpin, Senior Vice President, Commercial Products, joined Conferma's Chief Operating Officer, Dave Wood, for the latest episode which is out now. Dave, Chiara and Lydie share their thoughts on the #travelpayments landscape, what trends and technologies are shaping the future of leisure and business travel, and what we can expect from future growth. 👉 Listen to the conversation here: https://lnkd.in/eAEUNARp #B2BPayments #TravelPayments #Podcast #VirtualCards