MasterCard Canada calls on female developers to Master the Code

MasterCard Canada is encouraging all female professional and student developers to participate in its MasterCard N>XT developer challenge.  A recent Statistics Canada study found that while Canada is seeing an increase in the number of young women with university degrees in computer science programs, men still hold the majority of degrees within this field^[1].  The challenge is an opportunity for women to apply their technology skills to a business challenge that could influence the future of payments.  MasterCard N>XT, co-sponsored by Rogers and CIBC, is the first payment network developer challenge in Canada and will be held at the MaRS Discovery District.

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