Mastercard
CompanyMastercard Inc. is an American multinational payment card services corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York. It provides payment transaction processing and other related-payment services, including travel-related payments and bookings. Its principal business globally is to process payments between the banks of merchants and the card-issuing banks or credit unions of purchasers who use its branded debit, credit and prepaid cards to make purchases. Mastercard has been publicly traded since 2006.
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Facts
- Country
- United StatesSource: Wikidata
- Founded
- 1966Source: Wikidata
- CEO
- Michael MiebachSource: Wikidata
- Headquarters
- PurchaseSource: Wikidata
- Employees
- 39,800 (2025)Source: Wikidata
- Sector
- Financial services, Financial service activities, except insurance and pension fundingSource: Wikidata
- Listed on
- New York Stock Exchange (MA)Source: Wikidata
- Subsidiaries
- Ekata, Inc., Mastercard (Belgium), Mastercard (United Kingdom)Source: Wikidata
- Products
- credit card, debit card, Mastercard Cirrus ICRSource: Wikidata
- Official website
- www.mastercard.comSource: Wikidata
- Wikipedia
- Read on WikipediaSource: Wikidata
Recent news
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Wallet, letting AI agents pay with ordinary cards
OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Wallet on 13 November 2026, letting its persistent AI agents, called dots, complete purchases for eligible US ChatGPT Pro users. OpenAI works with American Express, Mastercard and Visa, and the payment network issues a token in place of the card number, so neither the merchant nor the agent sees the card details. OpenAI does not hold funds or act as a bank, and it has not disclosed any fee for merchants.