# Mastercard Commercial Connect API
source: https://developer.mastercard.com/commercial-connect-api/documentation/index.md

## Overview {#overview}

Mastercard Commercial Connect API provides unified access to Mastercard's commercial payment capabilities through a single connection to ensure issuers, fintechs and business-to-business platforms scale faster, simplify onboarding, and integrate seamlessly to drive revenue growth.​

It represents the next-generation interface for Mastercard's Corporate Solutions and is designed to serve as the single front door for business-to-business products to ensure seamless integration with payment intermediaries and enterprise platform workflows.

Through Mastercard Commercial Connect API, you can:

* Register and search for real cards.
* Create and manage authorization controls and contacts on your real card.
* Generate and manage virtual cards, with their own card controls and buyer side reconciliation data.
* Search for virtual cards.

## How It Works {#how-it-works}

Mastercard Commercial Connect API seamlessly brings together functionality, payment types, and use cases enabled by various Mastercard solutions.

![How it works](https://static.developer.mastercard.com/content/commercial-connect-api/uploads/how-it-works.svg)

## Before you start {#before-you-start}

To use the Commercial Connect API you must be one of the following:

* An Issuer of Mastercard Commercial cards
* A corporate customer of such an Issuer
* A payment agent acting on behalf of the Issuer or its corporate customers

## Commercial Connect API registration {#commercial-connect-api-registration}

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Start a project with your Mastercard representative. Check [Support](https://developer.mastercard.com/commercial-connect-api/documentation/support/index.md#get-help-1) if your organization doesn't have a representative.

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If you are already an [In Control](https://developer.mastercard.com/product/in-control-for-commercial-payments) customer, no additional contracts or enrolment forms are required.

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If you are not an In Control customer, you will be set up in Mastercard Commercial Product's registration service. Your Commercial Products implementation manager will provide you with a registration token.

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This registration token will link your [Mastercard Developers](https://developer.mastercard.com/) identity with your Mastercard Commercial Products Identity providing full access management.

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Create a Mastercard Developers Project and input your registration token when adding the Commercial Connect API. This must be the registration token already provided to you.

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Using the credentials created during your Mastercard Developers project set-up, you can now begin coding to the Commercial Connect API endpoints.

### Good to Know {#good-to-know}

1. Review [API Basics](https://developer.mastercard.com/commercial-connect-api/documentation/api-basics/index.md).
2. Integrate with the Mastercard Commercial Connect API to start using real and virtual cards.
3. Review [Use Cases](https://developer.mastercard.com/commercial-connect-api/documentation/use-cases/index.md) to establish the sequence of calls.
4. Try the reference app in the sandbox environment and receive mocked responses.
5. Follow the [Quick Start Guide](https://developer.mastercard.com/commercial-connect-api/documentation/quick-start-guide/index.md) to begin onboarding.

## Next Steps {#next-steps}

Now that you have an understanding of what the service does, proceed to the [API Basics](https://developer.mastercard.com/commercial-connect-api/documentation/api-basics/index.md) section for details on authentication and encryption.