Employer: MasterCard

MasterCard is a worldwide financial services corporation with headquarters in the US and offices all across the world – including the UK. It’s easy to think of them as just a credit card company, but they’re also heavily involved in:

• E-commerce – making money move faster and with ease across the world
• Payment products – making it easier for shops and services to sell their products as well as for consumers to buy them
• Business solutions – supporting companies across the world with their financial services
• Security and Fraud – protecting customers and consumers from fraud and theft
• Analysis and Insight – looking at trends to build up an overview of markets, economies and people

Moving money around the world used to mean ‘sticking a box of gold coins on a ship’; thankfully, we now have faster and more secure alternatives. Chip and PIN card machines swept across the world a few years ago, and now systems like Apple Pay and Samsung Pay look set to provide convenience and security.

Whenever you pay for something electronically, there’s a decent chance MasterCard is involved in processing the payment, or helped design the system you’re using.