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Does Mastercard Incorporated support Israel?
Yes — Mastercard Incorporated has documented support for Israel on record. Every claim below links to its source.
Filed under: Banks & financial companies · Tech companies · Companies that support Israel
Timeline of documented support
Documented support
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employee donation match | 2023-10 | — | Magen David Adom and Leket Israel (suggested organizations on the internal giving site) Days after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, Mastercard told staff it would match employee donations 1:1 for gifts of $25 or more, up to $15,000 per employee; the company's internal giving site listed Magen David Adom (Israel's national emergency medical service) and Leket Israel as suggested recipients. The match is a corporate program amplifying employee gifts; no aggregate total was disclosed. | |
| Employee support | 2023-10 | — | Survivors of the October 7 attack in Gaza-border communities Volunteers from Mastercard Israel — acting as employees, not the corporation — built a direct-aid donation platform consolidating verified bank accounts of southern Israeli communities attacked on October 7, so donors could give directly to survivors; the effort began as support for a colleague from Kibbutz Nir Oz. | |
| Acquisition | 2022-04 | $325,000,000 | Dynamic Yield Ltd. (Israeli AI personalization company) Completed the acquisition of Israeli-founded personalization-technology company Dynamic Yield from McDonald's for a reported $325 million in cash; Dynamic Yield's Tel Aviv R&D center became the core of Mastercard's technology presence in Israel, where the company continues to hire. | |
| Partnership | 2021-11 | — | FinSec Innovation Lab (Beersheba, Israel) Opened the FinSec Innovation Lab in Beersheba as a joint venture with Enel X, after the two were selected in a tender run by the Israel Innovation Authority, the Israel National Cyber Directorate and the Finance Ministry; the lab incubates early-stage Israeli fintech and cybersecurity startups with workspace, mentorship, data access and potential Israel Innovation Authority funding. | |
| Investment / program | 2019-04 | — | SHVA — Automated Banking Services Ltd. (Israel's payment-card switch) Received the Bank of Israel Governor's permit to hold 10% of SHVA, the company operating Israel's payment-card transaction infrastructure, after agreeing to buy the stake from Bank Hapoalim as part of Israel's banking-competition reform. |
Frequently asked questions
Did Mastercard Incorporated donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of cash donations, but Mastercard Incorporated has documented support of other kinds (Employee donation match, Employee support, Acquisition, Partnership, Investment / program). See the records on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 10 distinct sources are cited for Mastercard Incorporated. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-07-20
- eJewishPhilanthropy ejewishphilanthropy.com
- Jerusalem Post jpost.com
- Jewish News (UK) jewishnews.co.uk
- Mastercard (investor news) investor.mastercard.com
- Times of Israel timesofisrael.com
- Mastercard careers — Tel Aviv careers.mastercard.com
- Times of Israel timesofisrael.com
- Enel Group (press release) enel.com
- Haaretz haaretz.com
- Bank of Israel (press release) boi.org.il