SteadyDetected Jul 24

Mastercard Expands Virtual Card Controls for Banks, Businesses

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What's happening

Mastercard expanded its virtual card platform, Mastercard In Control, adding new security and issuer controls, enhanced clearing controls, single API access to virtual card and embedded payment services, and broader embedded payments capabilities. The updates are aimed at banks, fintechs, digital platforms and enterprises to help them add contactless functionality, manage virtual card programs with greater security, visibility and scale, and embed payments directly into mobile applications and business workflows. Mastercard positions these enhancements as reinforcing In Control's role as an industry-leading VCN platform.

Why it's trending

Demand for digitised, embedded and more secure B2B payments is driving issuers and platforms to adopt richer virtual card controls now.

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contrarian take

If your team thinks virtual cards are a solved problem, Mastercard just proved they are not: In Control added issuer and clearing controls plus a single API, meaning the industry still needs centralized platforms to tame B2B complexity.

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