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Mastercard Lighthouse: Born in the Nordics and Baltics
Powering startups to scale new heights in fintech and beyond with strong partnership network.
Since its launch in 2018, the Mastercard Lighthouse Program has established itself as a prominent startup and partnership program in the Nordics and Baltics, focusing on fintechs before expanding into social impact in 2020. Mastercard leverages its huge resources to provide comprehensive mentorship and market exposure to startups, propelling them to global growth and strengthening its position as a sector innovation leader.
Nordic and Baltics Mastercard Lighthouse Success Story
Mastercard is now bringing the Mastercard Lighthouse success story to Türkiye.
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What are they saying about Mastercard Lighthouse program?
We’re making a strong impact on the startup ecosystem.
“The Mastercard Lighthouse program is one of DNB’s most important channels for meeting fintech’s across the Nordics and Baltics. As a banking partner, we look forward to exploring synergies and bringing more value to our clients through collaborations with innovative fintech’s.”
“SEB has partnered with the Mastercard Lighthouse program Nordic & Baltic since it was established in 2018. We treat it as one of the best sources for interacting with quality start-ups for potential collaboration. Numerous partnership discussions have been taking place to explore mutually beneficial opportunities with innovative fintechs.”
“The Lighthouse program is a great example of a modern way for fintechs to engage with banks, investors, legal counsel, advisors, and Mastercard.”
“It’s a huge honor and pleasure to be awarded as the Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV winner. The program has been extremely valuable for Avallone in terms of conversations with large tier-1 banks as partners.”
“We are thrilled to be part of the Mastercard Lighthouse Program and to elaborate on the opportunities to partner with the most promising and modern banks of tomorrow so that we together can create and distribute child-friendly financial services.”
“We are extremely grateful for winning Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV program among so many great fintechs. Vibrant is growing rapidly, and Mastercard’s global network and deep insights have been a true gamechanger for us and this fuels us with energy to go cross-Europe even faster”
