Mastercard Innovations
Meaningful Innovation
For more than 50 years Mastercard has been devoted to innovative products and services that transform the way we make payments, making our transactions faster, easier, more convenient and – vitally – more secure.
Mastercard’s commitment to innovation is aimed at adding value and supporting our business partners, improving the shopping experience and encouraging the ideal of financial inclusion around the world.
Ways to Pay
The ways in which we pay for goods and services are always changing – becoming more convenient, faster and more secure every day. If the simple act of paying for something seems like a closed book, think again.
Better Business
Innovative insights and practical tools designed to help a range of different businesses across a myriad of fields, to work out where they need to go – and then advise on how to get there.
Payment Security
Security isn’t just a common concern – it’s a field of innovation, with previously unimagined safeguards and new forms of increased security set to come online, straight from the pages of science fiction.
Innovative Change
The world never stands still. We all need to innovate in ways that truly help our partners and ourselves to grow and meet today’s challenges. So find out what’s been happening and what’s in the works.
Contactless Payment for Public Transport
Find out about how you could be using your Mastercard in Sydney instead of an Opal card when paying for public transport, starting with the popular ferry route to Manly – it’s just as easy and fast and one card does it all …
FitBit Pay
Not carrying a wallet or purse because you’re exercising? Not a problem with new FitBit Pay, allowing you to make payments from whatever device is most convenient – including a fitness watch – without the need to carry anything else …
Tourism Insights
Explore one of the most advanced tools available when it comes to understand how, when and why people travel … and discover who’s the most likely to spend money with your company …
Identity Check
See how Mastercard is doing away with PINs and signatures, replacing them as security measures with advances like instant fingerprints and selfies, which are more difficult to forge and make for better security that’s faster and easier …
Qkr for Schools
Qkr is the mobile phone payment app designed for Australian schools to deliver convenience to parents, and improved efficiency to school administrative and support staff.
Applied Predictive Technologies
Organisations try many new ideas every year; some will work, but some will not. Identifying the winners is extremely challenging. APT software reveals whether the idea worked, elements that worked best & how to effectively roll it out, all using an intuitive workflow. Maximum learnings in minimum time ...
