Terry KS Ericsson and Mastercard have partnered to integrate their fintech platforms, enabling faster deployment of digital payment services and expanded financial inclusion worldwide. The collaboration will roll out globally, starting in the Middle East and Africa, to support mobile money and interoperable payments.
MALAYSIA, 23 FEBRUARY 2026 – Ericsson and Mastercard have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at transforming global money movement by integrating the Ericsson Fintech Platform with Mastercard Move, Mastercard’s global money movement solution. The partnership is designed to help telecom operators, banks and fintech companies enhance digital wallet capabilities, launch new payment services and extend financial access to unbanked and underbanked populations.
Through pre-integrated APIs, cloud-native architecture and compliance-ready infrastructure, the Ericsson platform simplifies connectivity to Mastercard Move, significantly reducing technological and operational complexity. This approach enables faster integration, smoother deployment and improved regulatory compliance, allowing service providers to bring new payment services to market more quickly.
The collaboration is expected to reshape how financial services are built, delivered and scaled across both emerging and developed markets. By combining Ericsson’s fintech infrastructure with Mastercard’s global payment network, the partnership opens new revenue opportunities while strengthening digital payment ecosystems worldwide.
Financial inclusion remains a central focus of the initiative. Mastercard Move supports money transfers across more than 200 countries and territories, connects over 17 billion endpoints and enables transactions in 150 currencies. Meanwhile, Ericsson’s fintech platform currently operates in 22 countries, serving over 120 million active users and processing more than 4 billion transactions monthly across services such as digital wallets, payments, remittances, lending and loyalty programs, all supported by enterprise-grade security.
The global rollout of the integrated solution will begin in the Middle East and Africa, regions where demand for mobile money, remittances and interoperable payment systems continues to grow rapidly. The partnership aims to accelerate digital payment adoption and broaden participation in the global digital economy.