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With over 2.5 billion card holders making 74 billion transactions a year, MasterCard (https://www.mastercard.us/en-us.html) has a huge responsibility to ensure not only that these transactions are processed in a timely manner but that each and every transaction is safe and secure. \xa0From Dell Technologies World (https://www.delltechnologiesworld.com/index.htm), Cory (https://twitter.com/cory_minton?lang=en) and Brett (https://twitter.com/BigDataBrett) sit down with Nick Curcuru (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-curcuru-1557469),\xa0VP of Data Analytics and Cyber Security to get an insight into this massive challenge and understand how MasterCard is solving this problem. \xa0From being an early adopter in Hadoop to embracing AI technologies, MasterCard is not a credit card company, they are a technology company and Nick provides an overview of the technologies and partnerships MasterCard is leveraging to not only focus on today but to help them get to where they need to be in 5 years and beyond. \xa0Check out how MasterCard is dealing with the massive scale of their business while also ensuring they are staying 3 steps ahead of fraudulent activity.\n\n\nThe 2019 Disney Data & Analytics Conference (https://www.disneydataconference.com/home/) is taking place at Disney\u2019s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando Floria on August 20th and 21st. \xa0DDAC always has an all-star line up of speakers and this year\xa0Chesley B. \u201cSully\u201d Sullenberger, III the \u201cMiracle on the Hudson\u201d Hero Pilot & Shane Battier Vice President, Analytics and Basketball Development for the Miami Heat will be the keynote speakers. \xa0You can use promo code\xa0\u201cBigDataBeard-2019\u201d to receive 20% off your conference pass. Click here (https://disneyurl.com/DDACGuestCode) to register with the promo code. \n\n Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle (https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/andrew-belle/37712246).\xa0 Please go check him out...you'll thank us!