Mastercard Developers facilitates payments on new platforms

Source: Mastercard website.

Mastercard's new Mastercard Developers is designed to help developers create next-generation commerce solutions. The portal enables Mastercard partners to access application programming interfaces (APIs) across payments, data and security, as well as experimental APIs that connect to new technologies and applications.

The experimental APIs, developed at the company’s eight R&D Labs around the world, will help partners build, scale and enable payments on new platforms. At the same time, they will have a foundation to explore payments integration into new categories such as augmented reality, virtual reality and the Internet of Things.

“We see Mastercard Developers as empowering our customers, partners and their developers in their efforts to innovate and grow their own businesses,” said Oran Cummins, SVP for APIs at Mastercard. “The new platform will serve as a key way to integrate Mastercard technology and services into their digital solutions in an easy and cost-effective way. And, consumers will benefit from the simpler, faster and safer experiences driven by these efforts.”

Mastercard Developers provides developer-friendly documentation with APIs supported by software development kits (SDKs), developer tools and sample code for the top six programming languages. The platform has been growing and has seen a 400% increase in usage in the past year. Partners now have access to more than 25 Mastercard APIs – including key services like Masterpass and Mastercard Digital Enablement Services – in a format they can more easily connect to and integrate with.

APIs in the experimental category include:

· Bot Commerce: Provides bot integration with commerce platforms to enable commerce functionalities and Masterpass integration.

· Qkr! with Masterpass: A mobile payments platform that enables consumers to order and pay for goods and services from their smart device.

· Mastercard Vending: Helps to easily connect your mobile app to our vending platform – enables customers buy directly in-app. 

A new API to maximise financial inclusion efforts has been included on the platform. The Mastercard Aid Network API helps to streamline aid distribution, even in the absence of telecommunications infrastructure, while providing more transparency to humanitarian organisations and non-profits.

Interested?

Explore the APIs. Additional services will be added to Mastercard Developers in the coming months.