MasterCard Incorporated (MasterCard) is a global payment solutions company that provides a variety of services in support of the credit, debit and related payment programs of nearly 25,000 financial institutions. Through the Company’s three-tiered business model as franchisor, processor and advisor, it develops and markets payment solutions, process payment transactions, and provide consulting services to its customers and merchants. The Company manages a family of payment card brands, including MasterCard, MasterCard Electronic, Maestro and Cirrus, which it licenses to its customers. MasterCard’s general purpose card brands include MasterCard, Visa, American Express, JCB, Diners Club and Discover. MasterCard generate revenues from the fees that it charges its customers for providing transaction processing and other payment-related services (operations fees), and by assessing its customers based on the dollar volume of activity on the cards that carry its brands (assessments).
MasterCard Incorporated (MasterCard) is a global payment solutions company that provides a variety of services in support of the credit, debit and related payment programs of nearly 25,000 financial institutions. Through the Company’s three-tiered busines