Mastercard's Recorded Future Deal Furthers Its AI Security Goals

*Executive summary:* Mastercard announced an agreement to acquire Recorded Future for $2.65 billion to integrate Recorded Future's threat intelligence platform (including a GPT-enhanced analytics layer and Intelligence Graph) with Mastercard's existing security services—such as SafetyNet, RiskRecon, Cyber Front, and Cyber Quant—to strengthen fraud prevention, third-party and supply-chain risk assessment, and proactive threat detection across payment systems.