MasterCard encourages consumers to understand credit and use it wisely.
MasterCard offers robust consumer education programs with initiatives that are specifically designed to educate consumers on the value of responsible spending and how to develop sound money management skills.
MasterCard Worldwide is committed to help educate consumers on responsible spending. MasterCard offers robust consumer education programs with initiatives that are specifically designed to educate consumers on the value of responsible spending and how to develop sound money management skills.
In addition to our consumer education programs, MasterCard has robust security initiatives that protect consumers from payment card fraud. MasterCard’s security initiatives include rules for businesses accepting MasterCard cards, security innovations that make transactions secure and convenient, sophisticated systems for multi-level fraud detection, and collaboration with law enforcement to stop and prevent fraud.
MasterCard’s consumer education programs are also expanding globally by offering financial education tools and programs tailored to consumers in each country:
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
India
Mexico
New Zealand
Taiwan
United States

Are You Credit Wise? The MasterCard Are You Credit Wise? program recruits and trains student interns to lead campus-wide education campaigns focused on the fundamentals of good credit habits.

Debt Know-How MasterCard’s Debt Know-How program is designed to empower those in debt with free, easy-to-understand debt management tools.
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