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Mastercard Threat Intelligence

Stay ahead of payment fraud threats

Leverage curated intelligence for proactive fraud defense.

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81%

of fraud teams respond faster to threats when collaborating with cyber[1]

13%

year over year increase in payment attack rates[2]

$49b

annual card-not-present fraud by 2030[3]

Intelligence that connects. Action that prevents.

Accelerate proactive fraud detection and prevent loss

Automated detection and on-behalf response help fraud teams act faster—reducing manual effort and minimizing financial risk.

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Unify teams to strengthen fraud defenses

Unite  fraud and cyber teams together with shared intelligence to adapt quickly and coordinate defenses against evolving threats.

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Strengthen merchant risk oversight

Continuously monitor merchant behavior, adjust governance protocols in response to emerging threats, and reduce overall exposure to risk.

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Improve security posture with targeted threat response

Tailor defenses against evolving threat tactics and minimize fraud impact by leveraging Mastercard’s global network insights and fraud expertise.

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Feeding threat intel across disparate teams and industries in meaningful and useful ways will help fraud and cybersecurity teams more readily identify trends, placing them in positions to move from reactive response to proactive mitigation.  

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Defend against emerging payment threats

Connect cyber signals with fraud workflows to act early and reduce losses.

Card testing

Disrupt card testing attempts with on-behalf declines, stopping fraud before it escalates.

Evaluate online merchant risk

Identify and investigate merchant domains using cyber threat signals to strengthen investigations.

Payment ecosystem threat intelligence

Be informed of the latest payment threats, trends, vulnerabilities impacting the payment ecosystem. 

Digital skimming quantification

See the impact of Mastercard’s efforts to disrupt malware which targets the payment cards ecosystem.

Payment intelligence reports

Facilitate cross functional intelligence sharing with curated reports.

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[1] Datos Insights. Executive Brief: Cyber-Fraud Integration for the New Age of Risk. October 2025.

[2] ISACA. State of cybersecurity, 2023 survey report, 2023

[3] PYMNTS. (2023, April 25). What experts say it takes to stem the $49 billion rising tide of card-not-present fraud.