World Bank launches risk-sharing initiative with Mastercard and Visa for emerging market.

World Bank announced a strategic partnership on September 10, 2026.

Primary

World Bank

Date

September 10, 2026

Sub-sector

PAD/ACH & Bank Rails

While this signals institutional support for digital payments infrastructure in emerging markets, it's a macro-level development involving major incumbents (Mastercard, Visa) that sub-$250M fintechs would struggle to directly engage with or compete against.

Primary company

World Bank

Counterparty

Not disclosed

Amount

Not disclosed

Event date

September 10, 2026

Sub-sector

PAD/ACH & Bank Rails

HQ

Not disclosed

Structure

Not disclosed

Source published

Not disclosed

Publisher

Finextra

Source: finextra.com