Small and Medium Enterprises

When small business wins, everyone wins

Modernize payments, improve access to capital and provide innovative solutions to empower businesses to succeed.

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Deep expertise drives inclusive growth

65m+

SMEs brought into the digital economy

165m+

small business cards issued worldwide

140+

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Empowering SMEs around the world

Watch how small and medium enterprises win with Mastercard’s digital ways of working to build, grow and protect their business.

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Mastercard is a committed partner, aligned with our vision to transform how companies of all sizes, including SMEs, operate and grow.

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Small business solutions

Payment solutions

Empower SMEs with secure payments, spending controls and productivity tools to stay on budget and grow their business.

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Acceptance

Deliver safe, simple, and smart payment solutions for SMEs – accelerating checkout and payments.

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Customer acquisition

Define the best strategies to acquire new SME customers for your business card.

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Portfolio optimization

Leverage data-driven insights to fuel growth, enhance relevance and boost SME spending.

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Money Movement

Enable SMEs with fast, secure domestic and cross-border payments.

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Find business solutions

Whether you sell online or in-person, accepting Mastercard can help your business.

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Faster, more secure checkout

Secure Remote Commerce

Mastercard is leading the way in defining a new streamlined guest checkout experience by balancing intelligent security with password-free convenience and control.

Customer loyalty and insights

Co-branded cards

Higher spending, increased loyalty, deeper insight into customer spending habits – all benefits of offering a co-branded Mastercard. Elevate your brand in your customers' minds and give them a reason to keep coming back.

Start accepting

Faster checkout, happier customers, guaranteed payment — it makes sense to start accepting.

Increase sales and efficiency

Benefits of accepting

Give your customers more spending power, increase sales, reduce theft, settle foreign payments in U.S. dollars, get paid quickly, streamline back office operations – these are all benefits of accepting Mastercard.

Start accepting payments

Find an acquirer

Get started as a Mastercard merchant by choosing a financial institution to help you accept payments. Remember to ask important questions about their experience, their technology and their strtategy for security and chargebacks.

Identify your service provider

Find a payment facilitator

It's easy to get started. Contact a payment services provider to apply for a merchant account with a bank or one of its agents. A payment facilitator is a merchant of record who facilitates transactions on your behalf.

SAFETY & SECURITY

Confidence comes with knowing your business is protected Mastercard

Mastercard ID Theft Protection™

Customers can monitor their identity 24/7 and respond to suspicious activity from our easy-touse online platform.[1]

Authentication services

State-of-the-art, multi-layered authentication, designed for the unique behavior of every person.

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Cyber security

Take advantage of tips and resources designed to help protect your business in our data-dependent, connected world.

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[1]Restrictions apply. For cardholders who enrolled prior to July 1, 2019, this service shall be provided by CSID until December 31, 2019. Cardholders will have to re-enroll with Generali Global Assistance, Inc. at the link provided in the enrolled cardholder notices. Cardholders will need to register for this service. Cardholders who enroll on or after July 1, 2019, this service shall be provided by Generali Global Assistance Inc.

Proven results

CASE STUDY

NuBank becomes a one-stop digital shop for SMEs with Business Pack

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Featured resource

From cash to connected: Transforming SME payments in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) ecosystem

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INSIGHTS