🆚 Mastercard vs. PayPal
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 PayPal is five times more popular than Mastercard.
- 🌎 PayPal is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
- 🌎 Mastercard is more popular in Brazil, Russia, and the Czech Republic.
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About
Mastercard is a global payment-network processor that connects merchants, banks and card-holders for debit, credit and prepaid payments.
It supports payments in more than 210 countries and territories, offers contactless and mobile tap-to-pay transactions, provides layered security including tokenisation and real-time fraud monitoring, and gives card-holders travel insurance and extended warranty benefits depending on the card tier.
PayPal is an online payment service that allows users to send funds from a credit card, bank account, or PayPal balance to merchants without sharing their financial details.
It includes a digital wallet that links to bank accounts and cards, supports transactions in more than 200 countries and regions and 25 currencies, offers buyer protection on eligible purchases, and enables guest checkout for non-account holders.
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Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in Croatia in the Payments category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Macedonia in the Payments category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Germany in the Payments category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the Netherlands in the Payments category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Russia in the Payments category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Payments category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Payments category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Payments category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Australia in the Payments category.
- 🥇 Most popular in France in the Payments category.
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