# Who does Mastercard Inc pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/mastercard · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-09-24T11:00:18.419171+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: Mastercard Inc's confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties include Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. plus 2 undisclosed/aggregate relationships. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 3 cost edges, backed by 5 dated sources, 2 of them primary filings (as of 2026-09-24).

### AI·사기탐지 (디시전 인텔리전스·생성형AI) (high)
- metric: Amount $7B · 5년 누적 · AI development investment over five years
- note: Invested about $7 billion in AI over five years to deploy the generative-AI fraud model Decision Intelligence Pro, trained on roughly 126 billion transactions a year to lift fraud detection by an average 20% (up to 300%), and expanded agentic-commerce work with Google, Stripe and Ant.
- [confirms] CDO Magazine (EN, news, published 2024-02-06) https://www.cdomagazine.tech/aiml/mastercard-launches-decision-intelligence-pro-new-generative-ai-model-for-fraud-detection: "Mastercard launched Decision Intelligence Pro, an in-house generative-AI fraud model built on recurrent neural networks and transformers, lifting detection by an average 20% and up to 300%."
- [confirms] ZDNet Korea (KO, news, published 2024-02-02) https://zdnet.co.kr/view/?no=20240202094145: "Mastercard invested about $7 billion in AI over five years, and Decision Intelligence Pro, trained on roughly 126 billion transactions a year, lifted fraud detection by an average 20%."

### 기술·데이터센터·네트워크 처리 (비공개) (high)
- note: Data-center and network infrastructure costs to switch global payments; specific vendors and prices undisclosed.
- [mentions] Mastercard (SEC 10-K) (EN, filing, published 2026-02-01) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001141391/000114139126000013/ma-20251231.htm: "The 10-K covers data-center and technology infrastructure investment and processing capacity for operating the payment network."

### 라이브 네이션 엔터테인먼트 (high)  → /live-nation-entertainment.md
- note: Mastercard is a sponsorship customer under a multi-year partnership that gives cardholders concert presales and premium seating, and Live Nation disclosed an expansion of the relationship into Hong Kong, the Middle East, and South Africa in 2025.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2025-11-04) https://investors.livenationentertainment.com/sec-filings/all-sec-filings/content/0001335258-25-000150/0001335258-25-000150.pdf: "An expansion of our partnership with Mastercard to additional markets including Hong Kong, Middle East, and South Africa."
- [confirms] Mastercard Investor Relations (EN, ir, published 2025-07-16) https://investor.mastercard.com/investor-news/investor-news-details/2025/Elevating-Cardholder-Experiences-Worldwide-With-the-Mastercard-Collection-and-Introduction-of-World-Legend-Mastercard/default.aspx: "Ticket access, including presales, and premium seating through our international partnership with Live Nation."

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