Mastercard has announced a strategic partnership with Zain Cash, Jordan’s leading fintech platform for digital payments and money transfers. The collaboration aims to accelerate the adoption of digital payments across the Kingdom by expanding Zain Cash’s Mastercard-powered card portfolio, which includes prepaid and credit cards, and by rolling out new SME-focused solutions.
The alliance also includes support for Zain Cash’s planned Innovation Hub in Jordan — a co-development space for next-generation payment technologies and services. Mastercard highlighted Zain Cash’s strong position in the country’s prepaid market, where it is already the company’s top cross-border issuer.
By scaling Mastercard-branded offerings through Zain Cash, the initiative is expected to drive higher adoption, expanding both companies’ reach and generating increased transaction volumes for Mastercard’s global payments network. The company, which posted a 17% year-over-year revenue increase in Q2 2025, continues to grow ahead of competitors Visa and American Express, which also reported double-digit revenue gains this year.
Shares of Mastercard have risen 22.3% in the past year, outperforming the industry’s 17% growth. Analysts project its 2025 earnings will grow 11.7%, with revenues expected to climb 15.1% year-over-year.
