All posts tagged "Mastercard"

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  ‘Drowning in data’: how governments can stay afloat in the information tsunami

  At the Government Finance Summit, senior leaders discussed how civil services can make sense of the vast quantities of data available to them “We’re drowning in data,” said Sarah Glavey,

  • Posted January 22, 2025
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  Need for speed: using real-time data to improve government delivery  

  As governments work to meet citizens’ ever higher expectations of public services, they increasingly need good data fast. At a Mastercard webinar, experts discussed the growing appetite for real-time and

  • Posted January 24, 2024
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  Right on the money: translating the disbursements learnings of yesterday to the government to person payments of tomorrow

  Transforming the way money reaches citizens is a fundamental task for governments as they get to grips with the future of public services. At a Mastercard webinar, experts discussed why

  • Posted November 1, 2023
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  Big phish, little phish: how governments can secure small business digital ecosystems

  As the number of cyber incidents multiply, governments have a growing responsibility to support vulnerable segments of the economy in bolstering their cyber defenses. A new Mastercard whitepaper outlines how

  • Posted September 6, 2023
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  Treasury’s Direct Express card program saves Americans millions

  By Andrew GillenMastercard A few months ago, the Social Security Administration announced that benefit recipients would receive an 8.7 percent cost of living adjustment (COLA) in 2023, the largest COLA

  • Posted August 14, 2023
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  Sea change: data-driven decisions in a post-pandemic world

  At the Global Government Summit in Singapore, civil service leaders from 16 countries met to explore five of the biggest challenges facing their countries – debating in the second session

  • Posted July 25, 2023
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  Smart and sustainable: public sector tourism authorities and the post-pandemic traveller

  COVID-19 temporarily decimated the tourism industry. Now that global travel is getting back on track, there is an opportunity to change the industry for a better future – and tourism

  • Posted July 13, 2023
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  Delivering choice and making citizens’ lives easier: the expanding opportunity for digital citizen pay

  From facilitating ‘thank you’ payments to Minnesota’s frontline workers in the pandemic to the development of mobile apps enabling Istanbul residents to pay for services and transit, technology is changing

  • Posted December 5, 2022
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  Harnessing fintech in governments’ fight against financial fraud

  Cases of financial fraud skyrocketed worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. At a Global Government Fintech webinar, panellists discussed the merits of government use of fintech solutions – including artificial intelligence

  • Posted December 9, 2021
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  Governments look to fintech revolution to drive financial inclusion

  Digital advances are providing governments with unprecedented opportunities to improve rates of financial inclusion through fintech-driven programmes and solutions. This was the view of senior state authority representatives from Colombia,

  • Posted November 16, 2021
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