Travelling to Top Destination Cities Cashless: That’s Priceless!
In case you missed it, London has been revealed as the top city destination, according to our second annual Global Destination Cities Index for 2012. The report underscores that people everywhere are...
View ArticleMasterCard and Deutsche Telekom: Moving Another Step Closer to a World Beyond...
I recently read an article charting the birth and subsequent explosion of the mobile phone. When these new communications devices arrived in the 80s they were enormous gadgets, the size of shoe boxes...
View ArticleBeyond Cash, Beyond Hunger: MasterCard and WFP Deliver Social Good through...
Sometimes, my job focuses the mind more than others. I love the work we do at MasterCard to support businesses big and small, the way we champion entrepreneurs, and our ongoing commitment to financial...
View ArticlePartnerships Enabling the Future of Payments
As we gear up for Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week there is a lot of buzz and anticipation about mobile payments. Consumers want a seamless experience – they want to push a single button,...
View ArticleFinancial Inclusion for 350 Million People Around the Globe
Looking at our Q2 Earnings I’m pleased that our company did well this past quarter. But I’m equally pleased that we are doing good – by enabling financial inclusion for millions of people in developing...
View ArticleAddressing SIBOS: Financial Inclusion is a Basic Human Right
Financial inclusion is an idea whose time has come. It is a basic human right to which everyone should have access. In a few days I’ll be leaving for Dubai to attend SIBOS , where I will be discussing...
View ArticleFinancial Inclusion Debate at SIBOS
“Financial Inclusion is a basic human right..Let’s ask about the cost of NOT focusing on it” – Ann Cairns at SIBOS Ann Cairns, president, International Markets, MasterCard, participating as a...
View ArticleAt CMEP in Brazil: Building an Ecosystem for Financial Inclusion
Photo Credit: Andressa Castro Speaking at CMEP – the premier payments conference in Brazil – Ann Cairns, President International Markets for MasterCard, highlighted today that a new model to bring...
View ArticleInclusive Capitalism: The Pathway to Action
In a series of contributed essays from the 2015 Conference on Inclusive Capitalism, Ann Cairns President International Markets MasterCard shares her thoughts on the barriers to inclusive capitalism....
View ArticleNo Digital Revolution without Inclusive Growth
The power of digital is everywhere in modern society – transcending borders and cultural barriers. More than 1 in 3 people in the world will be using smartphones within the next two years and, by...
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