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Mastercard Research Center

A hub designed to empower businesses with the insights needed to drive data-driven strategic decisions.

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What we do

Support strategic growth and enhance decision making with Mastercard Research Center

Mastercard Research Center offers end-to-end research solutions that deliver actionable market intelligence at scale.

From comprehensive industry reports and ready-to-use insights to fully customized projects, our approach integrates research, consulting, analytics and strategy.

Market-wide consumer research

Obtain insights and stay ahead of the curve with a powerful suite of research reports, trend analyses and market forecasts.

World Payments Advisory™

Quarterly insights reports highlight shifts in card usage, rewards and spending across key sectors.

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Small-Medium Enterprise Panels Report

Actionable insights to shape targeted SME strategies and develop more relevant, effective product offerings.

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Crypto Panels Report

Explore how consumers perceive crypto, as a payment method, investment and part of the broader financial ecosystem, helping businesses navigate this evolving space.

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The Account-Based Payments Advisory Reports

Assess consumer preferences, payment behaviors, and market trends, helping to identify growth opportunities and navigate regulatory and tech shifts with confidence.

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Future of Payments Reports

Examine adoption drivers, user experience perceptions and trust in innovations like biometrics, digital-first experiences and dual-purpose cards—enabling smarter, customer-focused strategies.

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Targeted consumer research

Focused research reports that deep dive into specific topics, segments or markets, delivering tailored yet scalable insights to understand customer positioning and competitor benchmarks.

Deliver a personalized offer by understand customer positioning and market dynamics.

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Optimize the analysis with positioning and competitive assessment.

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Highlight opportunities and insights relevant for each customer.

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Client specific research

Targeted research for strategic and tactical decision-making. Covering topics like CVP, marketing, regulation and innovation.

Ad-hoc research on specific topics with a customizable approach based on customer needs.

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Unique value offerings based on consumer research and Mastercard insights.

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Custom for clients that include banks, fin techs, issuers and merchants.

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Empower your business with the insights needed to drive data-driven strategic decisions.

Access Mastercard Research Center via Mastercard Business Intelligence.

What makes us different

End-to-end intelligence: turning market signals into strategic advantage

Seamless end-to-end solutions empower issuers, acquirers and fintechs to make smarter, faster and more customer-centric decisions.

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Market-driven insights to fuel your business strategy

Experts research delivers market insights, competitive analysis and opportunities to guide smarter decisions. 

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Research solutions tailored to you

Unlock client-specific research that delivers fully customized studies aligned to your strategic goals, turning insights into action. 

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Why Mastercard Research Center?

Reliable source

Our curated research, from Mastercard experts provides insights and dataset reliable to define the business strategy.

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Wide content coverage

Solutions designed to cover all research needs and can be combined with other services.

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Forward looking

Customized solution that will understand positioning and benchmarks ahead of emerging trends. 

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Accessible

Time saved sourcing data and fulfilling your research needs through our end-to-end solutions.

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Continuous development

Increased the market coverage by improving the content and enriching current topics available.

 

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Support

The team is always available to provide feedback or additional research on specific KPIs.

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