The payment acceptance industry is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by evolving business models and new technologies. Today’s payments landscape integrates traditional solutions with next-generation innovations to enhance merchant and customer experiences. With advancements in areas such as Digital Wallets, Generative AI, Embedded Payments, and Security & Fraud Prevention, the future of payments is dynamic and evolving faster than ever.  The Virtual Innovation Summit: Acquirers (the “Summit”), is designed to equip technology leaders, risk professionals, and business executives with the insights, strategies, and tools needed to proactively navigate payment innovation. The Mastercard Cyber Insights Report is an advisor-led, tailored analysis powered by the Cyber Insights Platform. It delivers strategic threat intelligence to help merchants understand, prioritize, and act on their most pressing cybersecurity risks.

What is the Virtual Innovation Summit: Acquirers?

The Summit is a virtual offering of two (2) days of speaker sessions; a curated view to bring together industry experts, technology leaders, and payment innovators to explore the critical trends shaping the future of payment acceptance. Recordings will be available (in the Digital Safari platform) to all registered Clients upon completion of the Summit.

Program Overview:

Summit attendees will gain firsthand knowledge on key areas such as:

• The Solutions-Driven Acquirer – Explore industry examples of building the right services and solutions for the merchant customers, to help drive new revenue and product success.
• Power of Personalization in Acquiring – Understand how to leverage AI and data to optimize the merchant lifecycle and deliver more impactful and long-term engagements.
• Next Gen: Point of Interaction – Learn how merchants are meeting their consumer’s digital expectations and what the next generation of retail experiences looks like.
• Embedding Payment Solutions – Discuss successfully integrating channel partners into your business model, both financially and operationally, to utilize them as a catalyst for growth.
• Engaging Small and Micro-Merchants – Unlock the modern digital economy of small businesses and micro-merchants and their unique onboarding and payment needs.
• Megatrends and Digital Innovation for Acquirers – Examine macro shifts impacting payments, how to navigate them, and how to strategically stay ahead.

Why it matters:

The payments industry is at a pivotal moment, where embracing change is essential for success. As digital transactions continue to dominate, businesses must adapt to stay competitive. By participating in this Summit, you will: 

• Gain insights from industry pioneers on the latest payment innovations. 
• Learn practical strategies to enhance payment processing and merchant engagement. 
• Understand the impact of regulatory changes upon consumer expectations in payment acceptance.
• Receive tailored threat intelligence and expert guidance to better understand and respond to evolving cybersecurity needs.

Join the Mastercard Virtual Innovation Summit: Acquirers for this must-attend event to ensure your organization is prepared for the next era of payments innovation. Stay informed, stay competitive.  The Summit will occur on June 4-5, 2025 and you may participate by accessing our online video conferencing platforms.  Each session will take place from 11:00 am ET to 2 pm ET (8 am PT to 11 am PT). The agenda will be published in May.

The sessions will be available for all employees at your company once you enroll.  If you are unable to attend one of the live sessions, the recordings will be available on the Digital Safari platform for up to six (6) months after the Summit. Mastercard will provide instructions on accessing the Digital Safari platform after the Summit.

By accessing the Cyber Insights Report, Client will receive information about common cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified across the spectrum of commonly used third-party service providers. This is a one-time Deliverable.

TERM:

The term of this Program Overview, the Terms and Conditions, including access to the Summit recordings is six (6) months, effective as of the submission of the Enrollment Form. 

FEES: Based upon the scope of services described herein, the Fees will total One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars (USD $175,000). For avoidance of doubt, any access to additional speaker series, additional Cyber Insights Reports, or access to other features of the Digital Safari platform will be subject to a separate written agreement between the parties.

Mastercard and Client are parties to that certain revenue generating agreement, as amended from time to time (the “AA”). To strengthen the relationship between the Parties and further drive utilization of cards and the Mastercard brand described in the AA, Mastercard will contribute USD $175,000 to the AA to implement and support the Services described in this Program Overview.

Please review the Terms and Conditions and then complete the Enrollment Form to receive access to the Summit and the Cyber Insights Report. Upon submission of the Enrollment Form, you will receive additional details on accessing the Summit sessions, the Digital Safari platform and the Cyber Insights Report.

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