Spotting an advertisement for a small business program for Ukrainian women entrepreneurs run by Poland’s Impact Foundation and supported by the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, Khlibanovska decided to apply and got a spot.
Larkin recently took part in a 24-week training program combining Mastercard’s Digital Doors curriculum, which focuses on enhancing and securing digital operations, and Our Village United’s Elevated entrepreneurship effort.
At the APEC CEO Summit today, Mastercard’s Center for Inclusive Growth (the Center) and CARE, an international humanitarian organization, announced the launch of Mastercard Strive Women
The Mastercard Newsroom spoke to Franco to learn how the Inclusive Growth Score has evolved, how the new report can help leaders better understand the factors that drive equity and what’s next.
After many years of little progress, we’re finally narrowing the gender gap in financial account ownership. According to the most recent Findex, the gap narrowed from 9 percent to 6 percent across developing economies as more women gained access to financial tools.
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.
More than 50 countries have implemented national financial inclusion strategies—it’s time for the U.S. to put financial inclusion on its list of economic priorities.
Marlita Tenorio Gonzales runs a sportswear business with support from CARE’s Ignite program, a partnership with the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth.
Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach discusses how the private sector can help bring the innovation and expertise needed to support financial health and prosperity at The World Bank 2022 Spring Meetings.
Marlita Tenorio Gonzales runs a sportswear business with support from CARE’s Ignite program, a partnership with the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth.
Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach discusses how the private sector can help bring the innovation and expertise needed to support financial health and prosperity at The World Bank 2022 Spring Meetings.
The digital revolution is transforming small businesses around the world, presenting them with new opportunities and challenges that have been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this episode of EMERGE Everywhere, Center President Shamina Singh discusses with Jennifer Tescher what it will take to build a more equitable future.
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.
For nearly 50 years, a large historic building now known as the Kehrein Center for the Arts was just one of many shuttered properties on Chicago’s west side.
A new tool and research insights from the Brookings Institution’s Workforce of the Future initiative helps workforce planners, community colleges and a range of job placement experts inform policies and create programs that expand job opportunities.
Mastercard and Howard University are pleased to announce a new dimension to their partnership with a $5 million grant from Mastercard that will support the creation of the Center for Applied Data Science and Analytics (CADSA).