Financial Services

In-store payments provide a new growth avenue for BNPL providers facing slower industrywide volume growth

The card network is positioning itself at the forefront of the crypto payments space, centered on stablecoins

Over a third of adults in the region don’t have a bank account. Only the Middle East and Africa has a larger proportion of unbanked consumers, per 2021 World Bank data analyzed by BCG. And the unbanked population is unevenly distributed: Just 59% of low-income consumers and 40% of rural inhabitants in Latin America have access to a banking account, per a January 2023 Mastercard and Americas Market Intelligence (AMI) survey.

They’re already skeptical of big financial players and would rather keep their data under lock and key.

Consumers’ relatively stable financial footing could be undercut by trade war volatility. Already-tight lending standards could lead to a double-whammy for issuers.