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Mastercard: Global's card scheme

Global card network.

Updated July 29, 2026Card schemeBy Ale Aznar
Country
Global
Region
Global
Type
Card scheme
This is a stub profile — a fuller Mastercard write-up is on the roadmap. In the meantime the operational detail below is available to founding partners.

How the Mastercard flow works

Mastercard is a card scheme available in Global. Full public profile pending — contact us to prioritise this method.

Typical use cases

  • Merchants selling to consumers in Global.

Consumer reach

Available to consumers in Global.

Who should accept Mastercard

  • Merchants targeting the Global market.

Operational detail

The operational half of every method profile — settlement, refunds, disputes, PSP coverage and licensing — is reserved for Payment Methods List founding partners. It's the part vendor sites won't publish and the part that actually decides whether Mastercard works for your stack.

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Settlement time

How fast Mastercard funds land after the payer confirms, behaviour outside scheme hours, whether the rail settles gross or net, and the realistic T+n to sweep to USD/EUR — plus the PSPs where the advertised timeline actually holds in Global.

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Refund mechanics

How Mastercard refunds are executed end-to-end when the rail has no scheme-level reversal — payer-initiated pulls, credit transfers, or PSP-fronted refunds — plus partial-refund support, time limits, and the API surface each PSP exposes.

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Chargeback exposure

Whether Mastercard has any dispute construct at all, which recall/return/indemnity vectors actually exist on the rail, how consumer-protection rules in Global route claims back to merchants, and observed loss rates versus cards.

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PSP coverage matrix

Which acquirers and aggregators run direct rail connections to Mastercard vs. reselling a partner, coverage depth and reliability, effective pricing bands, and who to pick when Global volume is your primary use case.

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KYC & licensing notes

Requirements to accept Mastercard — local entity vs. cross-border MoR, licensing regime governing the rail in Global, KYC obligations at onboarding and per-transaction, and FX/reporting rules for foreign merchants.

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