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Sustainability

How smart infrastructure will make our cities safer, aid those in need and shorten your commute

The World Cities Summit brought industry leaders together to share sustainable city challenges and urban solutions. On the sidelines of the City Possible™-sponsored Smart Cities Workshop, Lim Kok Kee explains how smart infrastructure makes cities safer, offers aid to those in need and shortens your commute.
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Perspectives

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Financial Inclusion
Leveraging digital technologies for inclusive growth

In Asia Pacific, the migration toward a more digitized future has been even more pronounced in the wake of Covid-19, with a sharp rise in the adoption of emerging payment methods. This rapid transformation of the digital economy is, of course, to be welcomed. The challenge we face is to continue leveraging the clear benefits of the digital economy, while at the same time pursuing a common broader objective: inclusive growth.
cybersecurity
This startup can spot your refund scam

An Australian teenage e-commerce entrepreneur is now tacking the billion-dollar problem of fraudulent refund claims through his startup Disputify, part of Mastercard's Start Path startup engagement program.
cybersecurity
The many faces of Mastercard’s 'Biometric Man'

Singapore-based Rajat Maheshwari uses ‘Mission: Impossible’-style masks and fake body parts to stress-test biometric technology.
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Press Releases

January 2022
January 13, 2022
Mastercard Forms Five Year Strategic Partnership with Wakayama Prefecture

Mastercard announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Wakayama Prefecture, leveraging its global standard payment network to support the growth of the tourism sector and accelerate the digital transformation and cashless transaction infrastructure for small and medium businesses in the prefecture.

January 12, 2022
Mastercard Appoints Safdar Khan Division President for Southeast Asia

Mastercard announced today that Safdar Khan has been named Division President for Southeast Asia. This appointment is an expansion of his former role as Division President, Southeast Asia Emerging Markets.

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