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Accept payments and grow your business

Delight customers and boost sales, with our merchant payment solutions for seamless, safe payments around the world.

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150m+

number of acceptance locations globally, doubling our reach[1]

115+

number of countries where Tap on Phone is live[2]

70%

of in-person purchase transactions globally are contactless[3]

Modernizing and digitizing acceptance for every type of business

Our merchant payment solutions help you grow sales, streamline operations and build trust with your customers.

Boost sales and security

Give your customers more spending power and reduce theft by enabling electronic payments.

Improve cash flow and operations

Guaranteed payment, no foreign currency issues. Simplified back-office operations.

Attract and retain more customers

Accept Mastercard so your customers can purchase what they want, quickly and easily.

Simplify payments for your merchants in-store and online

With a tap or a click, our solutions make payments fast and frictionless.

Reduce payment fraud

Find solutions to help your business prevent and detect fraud.

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Make checkout less of a chore

Browse solutions that make the checkout experience simpler and smarter for you and your customers.

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Resources to grow your business

Learn more about accepting Mastercard for a real, positive impact on sales.

Find an acquirer

To accept Mastercard, simply contact an acquirer and start accepting payments.

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Find a payment facilitator

Payment facilitators offer merchants online services for accepting payments.

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Join our small business community

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[1] Mastercard QMR data as reported by Acquirers Q4 2024. ↩

[2] Mastercard Proprietary Data, Q4 2024. ↩

[3] Anonymized and aggregated data from the Mastercard Data Warehouse, Q3 2024. ↩