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Payment network · Card scheme · Global
Mastercard
Global card payment network founded in 1966 as the Interbank Card Association (later Master Charge). Routes authorization, clearing and settlement between issuers and acquirers worldwide.
- Type
- Card scheme
- Operator
- Mastercard Inc.
- Region
- Global
- Currency
- Multi
- Launched
- 1966
- Settlement model
- deferred net
- Website
- www.mastercard.com
Approximate reference data from public sources · seed-0.1 · 2026-08-28 · not real-time, not advice. See data & methodology.
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