Mastercard

Mastercard Incorporated is an American multinational financial services corporation in Purchase, New York, United States. Its business is to process payments between the banks of merchants and the card issuing banks or credit unions of the purchasers who use the "Mastercard" brand debit and credit cards.

Mastercard Inc.

Type	Public company
Traded as	Class A: NYSE: MA S&P 100 component S&P 500 component Class B: Unlisted
Industry	Financial services
Founded	1966 (1966) (as Interbank Card Association) 1979 (1979) (as MasterCard)
Headquarters	Mastercard International Global Headquarters, Purchase, New York , U.S.
Area served	Worldwide (except India and Russia)
Key people	Ajay Banga (Executive Chairman) Michael Miebach (President and CEO)
Products	Credit cards Payment systems
Brands	Cirrus Maestro Mondex MasterCard MasterPass
Revenue	US$18.88 billion (2021)
Operating income	US$10.08 billion (2021)
Net income	US$8.69 billion (2021)
Total assets	US$37.67 billion (2021)
Total equity	US$7.38 billion (2021)
Number of employees	24,000 (2021)
Website	mastercard.com
Footnotes / references

Mastercard, first known as Interbank/Master Charge, was started by several California banks as a competitor to the BankAmericard by Bank of America, later the Visa credit card by Visa Inc. From 1966 to 1979, Mastercard was named "Interbank" and "Master Charge".

Mastercard Media

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  Old sign, "Your Bankamericard Welcome Here".*Photo by Infrogmation of New Orleans, February, 2018. Free reuse with author attribution in accordance with any of the licenses listed by the author/photographer. Reuse without photo attribution is a violation of copyright.*

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  The official contactless indicator from EMVCo, used to indicate contactless capability on a contactless payment device such as a credit card.

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  PayPass RFID chip

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  Holder with a miniature prepaid contactless payment card of the French neobank anytime

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  Table Mountain cablecar, 2018