🆚 Mastercard vs. Square

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.

Square is a payment processor that enables businesses to accept cards from customers to pay for goods and services.

It offers no monthly fees for basic use, supports contactless, chip, swipe and online payments, provides real-time analytics and instant transfers, and includes inventory, invoicing and appointment management built into its point-of-sale system.

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

• 🥇 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.

• ⭐ 10th most popular in the United States in the Payments category.
• ⭐ 10th most popular in Canada in the Payments category.
• 🔥 11st most popular in Australia in the Payments category.
• 🔥 13rd most popular in New Zealand in the Payments category.
• ⬆️ 21st most popular in Spain in the Payments category.

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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