MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth
The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth focuses on promoting equitable and sustainable economic growth and financial inclusion around the world. As an independent Mastercard subsidiary, it combines data, expertise and technology with philanthropic investments to empower a community of thinkers, leaders and innovators on the frontlines of inclusive growth. Follow us on Twitter @CNTR4growth and subscribe to receive our latest insights.
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09-22-22
Impacting Small Business Growth Through Strive
At the Clinton Global Initiative 2022 meeting, Center President Shamina Singh outlined Mastercard's four key assets for strengthening the financial resilience of small businesses: network, technology, data analytics and access to capital.
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09-09-22
Making Supply Chains More Inclusive and Secure
Access to digital tools and platforms has given a new generation of small businesses owners the ability reach customers far beyond Main Street. But, there is work to be done to reduce frictions in gathering global trading system.
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09-02-22
Mastercard Joins White House-led Economic Opportunity Coalition
If there’s one lesson we’ve learned from what we’re doing at Mastercard to help make economic growth more equitable, it’s about the power that comes from working together.
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08-26-22
Improving the Financial Strength of Black Small Business Owners
As we celebrate Black Business Month, we recognize the important role black-owned businesses play in supporting the U.S. economy.
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08-01-22
Driving Positive Change Through the Intersection of Inclusive Economic Growth and Climate Action
Learn more about our approach to developing products, programs and partnerships that support a sustainable and inclusive digital economy
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07-25-22
Shamina Singh Talks Financial Inclusion on NPR
At this year’s Aspen Ideas Festival, Shamina Singh sat down with NPR’s Jenn White, host of the WAMU program 1A, for a conversation about financial inclusion.
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07-11-22
Innovating for Growth: How Digital Platforms Are Transforming Small Business Support
When Kelsie Kay Haskell decided to open a coffee shop on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, she knew she would need funding. Like many small business owners, Haskell had neither personal wealth nor access to affordable loans.
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07-05-22
Growth in Digital Payments Bolsters Financial Inclusion
The newly released Global Findex Database 2022 shows that in developing economies, the share of adults making or receiving digital payments has increased—from 35 percent in 2014 to 57 percent in 2021.
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07-01-22
Mastercard Commits to Delivering Economic Empowerment Tools and Resources to More Than One Million Women in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras
Company to empower women and girls in Northern Central America with access to training, capital, business networks and financial tools needed to succeed in the digital economy through Mastercard led and sponsored programs
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06-06-22
Mastercard and the City of St. Louis Help Small Businesses Go Digital
Mastercard and the city of St. Louis have partnered to launch Digital Doors STL, a new online platform built for St. Louis entrepreneurs and small business owners.
