MasterCard’s Walt Macnee: We’re Better Than Cash

Financial inclusivity is an enormously important issue both in the U.S. and abroad, with the World Bank estimating that a stunning 2.5 billion adults lack access to traditional financial services. At MasterCard’s Cashless Conversation on November 13, leaders from the financial, non-profit and academic worlds convened to discuss the industry’s latest findings and to offer solutions for the underserved moving forward. PYMNTS.com spoke with Walt Macnee, vice chairman, MasterCard Worldwide, to discuss financial inclusion, and how increasing underserved awareness ties in with his company’s vision of a world beyond cash.