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Mastercard at a glance.
Mastercard is a core global card rail: credit, debit and prepaid acceptance across web, app and in-store commerce, with stored-credential and recurring billing where the customer agrees. Through DaoPay as acquirer, it runs under one acquiring relationship from authorisation to settlement. The profile below shows where it fits.
- Type
- International credit, debit and prepaid card scheme
- Payment category
- Card
- Primary market
- Global
- Currencies
- Broad multi-currency acceptance, according to the merchant’s acquiring setup
- Recurring support
- Yes: stored credentials and subscription billing
- Best for
- E-commerce, subscriptions, travel, retail, marketplaces and digital services
What Mastercard is.
Mastercard is a global card payment network connecting cardholders, issuing banks, merchants, acquirers and payment providers. Customers pay with Mastercard-branded credit, debit or prepaid cards across web, app and physical commerce.
For merchants, Mastercard provides a familiar, scalable payment rail for local and international customers. It supports standard card checkout as well as stored-credential and recurring-payment use cases when authorised by the customer.
Mastercard’s tokenisation capabilities can replace sensitive card details with payment tokens, supporting digital commerce and smoother returning-customer experiences.
Accept Mastercard with DaoPay.
DaoPay acts as the merchant acquirer for Mastercard payments. Through DaoPay, merchants can accept and process Mastercard transactions under one acquiring relationship, with DaoPay supporting the payment flow from authorisation through settlement and ongoing payment operations.
The customer enters or selects a Mastercard credential and completes the issuer’s required authentication.
The familiar card checkout, for one-time purchases across web, app and in-store commerce.
A tokenised credential can be associated with the customer account for faster repeat purchasing.
Payment tokens stand in for the card details, streamlining returning-customer checkout.
Subscriptions and repeat billing can continue under the customer’s agreed payment terms.
Stored-credential billing within scheme rules — for memberships, subscriptions and instalments.
The customer journey.
From card entry to authorisation and back — with recurring billing continuing on the stored credential.
- 01
Select card payment
The customer selects card payment and enters or chooses a Mastercard credential.
- 02
Authorisation request
The transaction is submitted to the customer’s issuing bank for authorisation.
- 03
Authentication where required
Additional authentication may be requested according to the transaction and market.
- 04
Approve
The customer approves the payment through the issuer’s required flow.
- 05
Back to the merchant
The customer returns to the merchant experience and proceeds with the order.
- 06
Recurring continues
For agreed recurring services, subsequent payments can use the established stored credential.
Market coverage.
Mastercard provides broad international acceptance and is suitable as a core card option across markets, currencies and customer segments. Exact currency, settlement and transaction settings follow the merchant’s acquiring arrangement.
Where it wins.
Strong fit
- International and cross-border e-commerce
- Subscriptions, memberships and recurring digital services
- Travel, hospitality, ticketing and retail
- Marketplaces and platforms with diverse customer bases
- High-frequency repeat purchasing using saved credentials
Additional merchant positives
- Global familiarity
- Customers recognise Mastercard across a wide range of markets.
- Payment-model flexibility
- Supports one-time, stored-credential and recurring payment relationships.
- Digital-first capability
- Tokenised credentials can streamline web and app checkout.
- Core checkout coverage
- Suitable for low, medium and high-value commerce across many sectors.