Thales DIS UK Ltd is thrilled to be the Champagne Sponsor at The Card and Payments Awards 2027. Thales Banking and Payments Services serves over 3,000 Banks, Fintechs, PSPs and Merchants globally. Our decades of experience and technical expertise allow us to secure and deliver more than 1 billion payment cards annually, manage +150 million digital cards through our cloud platforms and have enabled more than 2 billion eCommerce transactions. We enable issuers to design the most up-to-date card and payment experience in real-time, quickly launch modern card-issuing programs, and unlock new use cases for their end-users. Merchants and PSPs rely on us for secure network tokenization, and we help Fintechs to bring new innovative services to market.

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realise their greatest potential. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.