Mastercard

Summary

Mastercard is a business^[1]. Mastercard ranks in the top 0.73% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,499 views/month, #215 of 29,529).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mastercard was a member of World Wide Web Consortium^[3].
• Mastercard was a member of FIDO Alliance^[4].
• Mastercard was a member of Mastercard Maestro^[5].
• Mastercard was a member of BCV^[6].
• Mastercard was a member of Credit Agricole Group^[7].
• Mastercard was a member of Wirtschaftsforum der SPD^[8].
• Mastercard is in the country of United States^[9].
• Mastercard's instance of is recorded as business^[10].
• Mastercard's instance of is recorded as card association^[11].
• Mastercard's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[12].
• Mastercard's instance of is recorded as public company^[13].
• Mastercard's instance of is recorded as organization^[14].
• Mastercard's instance of is recorded as payment system^[15].
• Mastercard's logo image is recorded as Mastercard 2019 logo.svg^[16].
• Mastercard's headquarters location is recorded as Purchase^[17].
• Mastercard's chief executive officer is recorded as Michael Miebach^[18].
• Mastercard's ISNI is recorded as 0000000404025440^[19].
• Mastercard's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 156094705^[20].
• Mastercard's GND ID is recorded as 2163660-6^[21].
• Mastercard's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n94105244^[22].
• Mastercard's child organization or unit is recorded as Mastercard (Belgium)^[23].
• Mastercard's child organization or unit is recorded as Mastercard (United Kingdom)^[24].
• Mastercard's child organization or unit is recorded as Ekata, Inc.^[25].
• Mastercard's part of is recorded as S&P 500^[26].
• Mastercard's part of is recorded as Dow Jones Global Titans 50^[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include +1966-00-00T00:00:00Z^[28] and +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z^[29].

Identity

Part of include S&P 500^[26], a stock market index^[30], in United States^[31]; Dow Jones Global Titans 50^[27], a stock market index^[32]; and S&P 100^[33], a stock market index^[34], in United States^[35], founded in 1976^[36].

Leadership

Mastercard's chief executive officer is recorded as Michael Miebach^[18]. Mastercard's chairperson is recorded as Merit Janow^[37].

Operations

Mastercard's headquarters location is recorded as Purchase^[17]. Subsidiaries include Mastercard (Belgium)^[23], a business^[38], in Belgium^[39], headquartered in Waterloo^[40]; Mastercard (United Kingdom)^[24], a public company^[41], in United Kingdom^[42], founded in 1966^[43], headquartered in London^[44]; and Ekata, Inc.^[25].

Industry

Industries include financial services^[45] and financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding^[46].

Ownership

Mastercard's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange^[47].

Why It Matters

Mastercard ranks in the top 0.73% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,499 views/month, #215 of 29,529).^[2] Mastercard has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[48] Mastercard is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[49]