Mastercard Inc (MA) company profile

Mastercard is a technology company in the global payments industry that connects consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments, and businesses worldwide. It facilitates electronic payment transactions through its proprietary global payments network using core brands such as Mastercard, Maestro, and Cirrus. The company switches transactions by authorizing, clearing, and settling payments, and offers account-based automated clearing house and real-time capabilities. Mastercard's core offerings span consumer payments, commercial payment solutions, disbursements, remittances, and value-added services including fraud prevention, identity authentication, processing gateways, and data insights.

The company's payment network permits account holders to use products at hundreds of millions of acceptance locations and digital access points across more than 220 countries and territories, supporting transactions in over 150 currencies. The text does not disclose the founding year or specific location of the company's headquarters.

Summary of the business section of Mastercard's latest annual report, written by StockData.

“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.

Stock and option awards are grant-date fair values, not realized pay. “Other” includes pension value changes and all other compensation. Source proxy statement.

“Per Share Total Initial public offering price $ 39.0000 $ 2,399,315,568 Underwriting discount $ 1.8135 $ 111,568,174 Proceeds, before expenses, to MasterCard $ 37.1865 $ 2,287,747,394 To the extent that the underwriters sell more than 61,520,912 shares of Class A common stock, the underwriters have the option to pu”

Lock-up end is estimated as 180 days after the first trading day; the prospectus sets the actual terms.

“As of December 31, 2025, we employed approximately 39,800 persons globally, of which approximately 70% were employed outside of the U.S.”