Users
25MMastercard Prepaid spends value loaded before purchase through participating Mastercard acceptance. Issuers offer reloadable, gift or specialist programmes, with balance rules, eligible merchants and cash access defined locally, bringing card functionality to prefunded spending.
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Channels:
Initiation:
Markets
30TPV
$12BTransactions
307MEstimated Monthly Usage, Aurato Research, October 2026
Capabilities
Initiation & Authentication
Funding & Requirements
Processing & Settlement
Transaction Management
Refunds & Disputes
Additional native capabilities
Markets
Estimated Monthly Usage, Aurato Research, October 2026
PSPs
Schemes
Compliance
Regulator
Bank of Italy









