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The New York City Marathon began in 1970 with 127 runners. This year, more than 60,000 are expected to take to the streets. The race’s growth has brought an economic boost to the neighborhoods along its route. Last year, small restaurants and bars saw spending rise 22% on race day, according to the Mastercard Economics Institute. For a century-old bar in Queens or a Manhattan coffee shop serving pistachio saffron lattes, the crowds bring both opportunity and logistical challenges. Extra staff, more supplies and careful planning can make the difference between a busy day and a successful one. That's why we created the Mastercard Race Ready Playbook, providing small businesses with practical guidance for preparing for surges in customer demand. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gZyC3rvj #NYCMarathon #MastercardEconomicsInstitute Ginger Siegel Ben Fox Rubin

Live from #Money2020: Ann Johnson, executive vice president, Security Solutions at Mastercard, breaks down how we’re bringing intelligence across fraud, identity and cybersecurity together to help secure the next era of payments, from stablecoins to agentic commerce. Innovation moves quickly. Trust gives it the foundation to scale. #AgenticCommerce #Stablecoins

Stablecoins are opening up new ways to move value around the world. Making those experiences secure and trusted is what will help them grow. Today, we announced Stablecoin Security, a new solution that brings payment and blockchain intelligence together to help give financial institutions a clearer view of risk. Together with Borderless.xyz and Keyrails, we’re helping identify risk throughout the stablecoin payment lifecycle, including before funds move on-chain. New payment rails are emerging. Security, trust and transparency need to evolve with them. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gNxqMtPD #Stablecoins #DigitalAssets #Cybersecurity

61% of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) conduct cross-border transactions at least weekly. It's just one signal that today's SMEs are operating very differently than they did a decade ago. Our new Mastercard Signals report, Small Business, Rewritten, finds that small businesses are becoming more global, more digital and more operationally complex, challenging traditional assumptions about how they should be assessed, supported and served. From AI-powered growth opportunities to rising cyber risks, the report identifies five key trends shaping the future of small business. Explore the insights and see how Mastercard is helping businesses unlock growth, build resilience and compete globally. https://lnkd.in/gAhasM5M

Today at Cloudflare Connect, chief product officer Jorn Lambert demonstrated Mastercard Agent Pay for Machines, showing how an AI agent can find and pay for digital services on behalf of a business, while sticking to the budget and rules that business sets. Together with Cloudflare, Ant International, BVNK, AIsa, Coinbase, Base and Hype, we’re showing how different parts of the ecosystem can come together to make that possible. Now we want developers to build with us. Through Agent Pay for Machines Early Access, we’re making our first buyer- and seller-side APIs available, along with a toolkit, sandbox and developer documentation. Whether you’re building agents, platforms, payment infrastructure or services for agents, come test it, push it and help us shape what comes next. See it in action. 👇