David
de Niese

Great to see Mastercard recognised by Forbes as one of America’s Most Innovative Large Companies, ranking #10 overall.

The article highlights the breadth of innovation happening across Mastercard, from agentic commerce and stablecoins to tokenisation, biometrics, security and machine-to-machine payments.

What stands out is how these innovations are responding to fundamental shifts in how commerce is evolving, how people and businesses interact, how value moves, and increasingly, how intelligent machines will transact on our behalf.

A fantastic recognition of the teams across Mastercard who are helping shape what comes next in commerce.

Agentic commerce is not primarily about AI. It is about people’s willingness to delegate, and that willingness depends on trust.

For agentic commerce to succeed, trust must exist across the ecosystem. Merchants need confidence that they will be paid. Issuers need assurance that agents are acting in the interests of their cardholders. Cardholders need to know that agents understand their intent and remain aligned with their goals.

Mastercard’s latest Signals report, Encoding Trust: The Race for Intent, Consent and Control in the Agentic World, explores the infrastructure required to make delegated decision-making safe, effective and worthwhile.