MasterCard

MasterCard Worldwide advances global commerce by providing a critical link between financial institutions and millions of businesses, cardholders and merchants worldwide.

Through the company’s roles as a franchisor, processor and advisor, MasterCard develops and markets secure, convenient and rewarding payment solutions, seamlessly processes more than 16 billion payments each year, and provides industry-leading analysis and consulting services that drive business growth for its banking customers and merchants. With more than one billion cards issued through its family of brands, including MasterCard^®, Maestro^® and Cirrus^®, MasterCard serves consumers and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories, and is a partner to 25,000 of the world’s leading financial institutions.

No payment card is more widely accepted than MasterCard, which is accepted at more than 24 million merchant locations worldwide. For more information go to www.mastercardworldwide.com