Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Michael Miebach, CEO of Mastercard is always staying ahead of the game. “If you look at innovation, that is everyone’s job at Mastercard…if you create space and room for innovation in a company, it’ll continue to come.” But Miebach doesn’t pretend to know all of the answers.
The company leans on the emerging payment players of today for insight on better consumer solutions and keeping them afloat on current trends. He says the company’s fundamental insight is that people will need to have a choice in payments, so whatever is relevant, whatever suits their needs, they will offer that.
Watch the first part of the conversation on This is Working, to hear why Mastercard a buy now, pay later option to their business model.
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0:00 Intro
01:09 What is Mastercard?
02:30 How the CEO sets strategies for the company
04:29 Michael talks about what it’s like to operate a company that has so many inputs
07:42 Michael talks about co-creating and how he manages that in his company
10:20 Michael talks about ‘buy now, pay later’
12:43 Conclusion
Michael Miebach, CEO of Mastercard is always staying ahead of the game. “If you look at innovation, that is everyone’s job at Mastercard…if you create space and room for innovation in a company, it’ll continue to come.” But Miebach doesn’t pretend to know all of the answers.
The company leans on the emerging payment players of today for insight on better consumer solutions and keeping them afloat on current trends. He says the company’s fundamental insight is that people will need to have a choice in payments, so whatever is relevant, whatever suits their needs, they will offer that.
Watch the first part of the conversation on This is Working, to hear why Mastercard a buy now, pay later option to their business model.
Subscribe to the #ThisisWorking newsletter for more stories and lessons from top leaders in tech bit.ly/4j47zmd
#linkedinnews
#thisisworking
#MichaelMiebach
#Mastercard
0:00 Intro
01:09 What is Mastercard?
02:30 How the CEO sets strategies for the company
04:29 Michael talks about what it’s like to operate a company that has so many inputs
07:42 Michael talks about co-creating and how he manages that in his company
10:20 Michael talks about ‘buy now, pay later’
12:43 Conclusion
