What we do
PRODUCT OFFERINGS
Test & Learn® helps organizations understand the true impact of their new and existing initiatives and recommends the most profitable next steps.
Test & Learn® platform
Design and analyze hundreds of business experiments
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Evaluate large-scale business initiatives
Test & Learn® consulting services
Work with an experienced team of consultants
Who we serve
BUSINESS EXPERIMENTATION FOR YOUR INDUSTRY
Test & Learn® enables organizations across industries to grow the ROI of their business investments through better analytic insights.
CPGs
Optimize pricing strategies, merchandising
Financial institutions
Improve branch profitability, customer loyalty and operational efficiencies
Insurance Carriers
Optimize claims management, distribution and drive operational efficiencies
Restaurants
Evaluate promotions, price elasticity of menu items and labor needs
Retail
Quantify the impact of promotions, merchandising strategies and supply chain investments
Telecommunications
Optimize save offers, promo roll offs and bundling pricing strategies
Travel
Understand the impact of major capital investments and new pricing models
Strategies we power
TEST & LEARN® IN ACTION
Test & Learn® empowers you to make smarter decisions by optimizing strategies across your business.
Labor & operations
Optimize labor strategies and operational investments
Loyalty
Understand the impact of customer loyalty initiatives
Marketing
Quantify the ROI of marketing investments across your media mix
Merchandising
Adjust product offerings and space planning more effectively
Network strategy
Evaluate capital expenditures and network decisions
Pricing
Determine optimal pricing strategies
Resources
UNMATCHED ANALYTIC EXPERTISE
Mastercard offers various resources to enable organizations to drive more data-driven decisions using business experimentation tactics.
Reports
Read insights from our experts
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Who we serve

Test & Learn® for financial institutions

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Drive smarter decisions across all banking initiatives

Banks must be able to deploy strategies to grow their business, enhance customer lifecycle marketing and offer a digital first banking experience. With Test & Learn®, a banking analytics solution, banks can achieve their business objectives by driving initiatives to improve branch profitability, customer loyalty, operational efficiencies and more.

Test & Learn for FI case study A bank increased its loyalty rewards campaign ROI

A bank needed help measuring the impact of its latest loyalty rewards campaign. Using Test & Learn® software, the bank found the program drove an 18% lift in total spend per week for opt-in cardholders and identified the most effective loyalty offer construct. By targeting the cardholders projected to respond most profitably going forward, the bank was able to generate a 4x ROI improvement.

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