Mastercard's 2030 Vision: A Future Without Passwords, Card Numbers
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Nov 14 2024
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Source: Benzinga
Mastercard's Vision for Online Shopping: Mastercard aims to transform online shopping by 2030 by eliminating physical card numbers and passwords, utilizing tokenization and biometric authentication for secure transactions. Currently, over 30% of transactions are tokenized, with some markets nearing full adoption.
Financial Projections: The company has revised its revenue growth expectations downward, projecting low-double-digit CAGR for 2025-2027 and mid-teens EPS growth over the next three years, compared to previous higher forecasts.
Analyst Views on MA
Wall Street analysts forecast MA stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for MA is 684.13 USD with a low forecast of 525.00 USD and a high forecast of 1088 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
24 Analyst Rating
20 Buy
4 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 532.860
Low
525.00
Averages
684.13
High
1088
Current: 532.860
Low
525.00
Averages
684.13
High
1088
About MA
Mastercard Incorporated is a technology company in the global payments industry. The Company connects consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments, digital partners, businesses and other organizations worldwide by enabling electronic payments and making those payment transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. It provides a range of payment solutions and services using its brands, including Mastercard, Maestro and Cirrus. It operates a payments network that provides choice and flexibility for consumers, merchants and its customers. Through its proprietary global payments network, it switches (authorizes, clears and settles) payment transactions. Its additional payments capabilities include automated clearing house (ACH) transactions (both batch and real-time account-based payments). It offers security solutions, consumer acquisition and engagement, business and market insights, gateway, processing and open banking, among other services and solutions.
About the author

Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.








