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Mastercard For Fintechs

Join our impactful community and revolutionize the financial ecosystem alongside Mastercard.

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Ready to become a bold and disruptive game-changer in the payments industry?

The Mastercard For Fintechs Program will help you fast-track your vision and fully unlock your potential.

Join our impactful community and revolutionize the financial ecosystem alongside Mastercard.

Your fintech could be the one winning €100,000 in marketing support, including access to Mastercard’s premium sponsorship assets to elevate your brand to new heights.

 

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What is Mastercard For Fintechs?

Events

Fostering meaningful connections between top-tier international fintechs, VCs and key industry players, such as fintechs associations, incubators and accelerators.

Competition

Spotlighting Western Europe’s most disruptive fintechs with the power to transform payments.

Participants compete for €100,000 in marketing support, expert mentoring, and a fast track to Mastercard Start Path.

Learning

Intended to provide education, insights, and best practices to succeed in the world of payments and beyond.

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Why should you join the program?

Visibility & connections

Boost your exposure in the industry by joining the competition and the events

International outreach

Access international partners to unlock new opportunities

Endorsement

Gain Mastercard’s brand endorsement and boost your credibility by participating in the competition

Education

Gain full and free access to exclusive Mastercard learning tools and resources

Mastercard products & innovation

Leverage Mastercard’s global network and solutions to grow your business

Funding

Secure funding by engaging with the leading Venture Capital community across Europe

Overview

+25k

financial institutions trust Mastercard

+200

countries with live Mastercard solutions

+80%

of the top digital payment and neobank fintechs are part of the Mastercard ecosystem

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Overview

Events

 

As part of the Mastercard For Fintechs program, we will be organizing a series of events, bringing together the entire fintech ecosystem, including top-tier international fintechs, venture capital funds, incubators, accelerators and other key industry players.

As an attendant, you will have the opportunity to learn and connect with some of the most relevant stakeholders in the industry.

For further information on the applications dates, see table

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What comes next?

Over the course of 6 months, Mastercard will host 4 events where the finest selection of fintechs will come together with main venture capitalists, incubators and accelerators. We will keep on strengthening this well-connected, top-level fintech ecosystem.

 

 

Why attend?

Be inspired by our speakers

Gain access to the most innovative solutions in the European landscape

Participate in engaging roundtables around strategic topics for fintechs

Network and build sustainable connections in the fintech ecosystem

Event details

Iberia

June 5th 2025, Madrid (SP)

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Italy

June 10th 2025, Milan (IT)

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France and Belux

September 18th 2025, Paris (FR)

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Netherlands

October 1st 2025, Amsterdam (NL)

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Final event

November 19th 2025, Spain

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Competition

Competition process

 

The competition seeks to identify the most innovative fintech companies across Europe, with the potential to revolutionize the future of payments.

Apply if:

  • You are in the pre-seed / seed / series A investment stage
  • You have a live solution in the market
  • You are active in one or more of these markets: France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Luxembourg and Italy
  • You operate in one of the eligible verticals

You could win:

  • 100,000€ marketing support, including access to Mastercard sponsorship assets
  • Mentoring from experts in the industry
  • Fast-track to Mastercard Start Path program*

*The winner of Mastercard For Fintechs 2025 will be onboarded into the Start Path final selection day, if meeting the qualification criteria.

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What are the selection criteria?

Innovation/Disruption

Strategic fit with Mastercard

Scalability potential

Long-term viability

Team expertise

We are on the hunt for companies innovating in the following themes

Acceptance 2.0

Transform cash transactions into digital innovations

  • Acquirers​
  • Payment Service Providers (PSP)​
  • Mobility-as-a-Service​
  • Digital platforms​
  • Retailtech

Banking & Lending

Refashion the banking and lending industry trough new technologies

  • Neobanking
  • Credit/Financing solutions
  • Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL)​
  • International transfers/remittances
  • WealthTech/Insurtech
  • Security solutions

Web3 & blockchain

Revolutionize transactions through decentralized technologies

  • Web3 solutions
  • Blockchain solutions
  • Cryptocurrency solutions​

B2B & Corporate Payments

Modernize global connectivity through pioneering transactional solutions

  • Embedded Finance
  • Bank-as-a-Service (BaaS)
  • Processors
  • B2B payments
  • OpenBanking

SMEs

Empowering businesses with innovative solutions to optimize and streamline their processes

  • Finance management platforms for businesses
  • Supply chain payments
  • Treasury/Payment-as-a-Service
  • Payment Distribution Solutions (e.g earned wages, refunds, and government payments)

Fintech for good

Foster global eco-connectivity with groundbreaking greentech resolutions

  • Financial inclusion
  • Sustainable commerce/ finance
  • Carbon footprint​

When will it happen?

Final Competition: Spain, November 19th, 2025
Fintechs selected will be contacted via email

Learning

Get access to the latest insights

 

We are committed to sharing knowledge and fostering growth by providing you with a wide range of courses and resources designed to enhance your skills and expand your knowledge.

E-learning platform

Access unique content anytime, anywhere, including training sessions, trend reports, and key industry insights, through our on-demand, online learning platform.

Physical training sessions

Expand your expertise in the payments ecosystem by joining our interactive face-to-face sessions, where you will learn directly from Mastercard experts and partners.
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Partners

Program Partners

 

We are very pleased to have the support of top-tier partners in this initiative, who actively support the program by sharing their expertise, joining our events and participating in the competition as part of the jury.

Collaborators

Our 2024 edition

>180

Fintechs registered

>30

Fintechs selected to compete

200+

Attendees to Mastercard For Fintech final event

Partnering with Mastercard has been instrumental in helping Novo deliver innovative financial solutions to small business owners across the country.

Thomas Bigagli Partner Plug&Play

Winning the Mastercard for Fintech Competition Benelux has been a game-changer for GoDutch. The program’s support and network have been invaluable in accelerating our vision for the future of finance. A big thank you to the entire team of Mastercard!

Thomas Vles Founder & CEO GoDutch

We are extremely pleased and proud of this award, which symbolizes the accomplishment of our work towards making entrepreneurship easily accessible to everyone. Mastercard has been our partner from day one, and is a partner of choice for all fintechs. Thanks to their support, we will be able to continue supporting SMEs to succeed in their businesses. The adventure has only just begun.

Jon Fath Founder & CEO Rauva

Mastercard Europe truly impressed me by demonstrating that it's possible to be an industry leader while embracing the disruption that will shape its future. The way card networks are empowering their ecosystem has been a fascinating story for the past 60 years and the Mastercard for Fintech program is definitely one of the shining examples of this craft.

Quentin Vigneau Head of Payments Swile

Speaking at the final Mastercard for Fintechs event in Paris was an incredible experience. The day was filled with inspiring discussions and insights into the future of fintech, and I was particularly impressed by the innovation of the 10 finalist startups. The Mastercard for Fintechs program is clearly shaping the next wave of fintech innovation, and I’m grateful to have been part of the event.

Brittney Urich VanHorssen Head of UX design, B2B payment Amazon

Mastercard Europe truly impressed me by demonstrating that it's possible to be an industry leader while embracing the disruption that will shape its future. The way card networks are empowering their ecosystem has been a fascinating story for the past 60 years and the Mastercard for Fintech program is definitely one of the shining examples of this craft.

Gianluca Treu Founder Whitless

Contact

For more information, please contact mastercardforfintechs@mastercard.com

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