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MasterCard International Inc.

Headquarters : 2000 Purchase St. Purchase NY United States of America

web www.mastercard.com tel. 914-249-2000 stock : MA analytics

Brands

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Cirrus

MasterCard, Mondex International

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« Ethical » rating of MasterCard International Inc. , group and subsidiaries

Fraud 3 Sales 4 Bn $.€ /year Profit 2 Bn $.€ /1998 Influence 2 Infocom 2

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shareholder

country

source

1,33

3,12

1,45

2,54

FMR Corp. (Fidelity Investments)

3,35

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

1,61

Morgan Stanley

1,81

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year

business

source

2007

MasterCard carried out 32% of the transactions by credit cards in the world.

Bloomberg

2006

MasterCard provides 45% of the bank cards used in Europe.

L'Expansion

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country

address & contact : production type

incentive source

United States of America

Master Card University : université

Global Learning Resources Inc.

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Executives (2)

Labor conditions (5)

Environmental impact

Human impact

year

name

photo position; compensation

source

2003Fletcher, Denise K

Chief Financial Officer;

2003Selander, Robert W

Chief Executive Officer;

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year

employees

social impact : country

source

2007

5000

2003

4000

2001

3300

2000

3100

1998

2357

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» Layoff plans and labour conditions in 2007

year

employees

social impact : country

source

5 informations, access to subscribers

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Financials (13)

Lobbying & corruption (2)

Subsidy

Advertising & marketing (6)

year

financial misdemeanor

sales

income

buyback

source

2007

4,07

1,08

billion US$

2007

0,5

billion US$

2006

3,33

0,05

billion US$

2005

2,94

0,27

billion US$

2005

Plainte en nom collectif de propriétaires de cartes bancaires dont les données ont été dérobées. Les plaignants accusent la société d'avoir négligé la sécurité de leurs systèmes et de ne pas avoir informé le public de l'intrusion. Les données de 40 millions de cartes bancaires ont été dérobées et peut être utilisées frauduleusement.

ZDNet

2004

Condamné pour pratiques anticoncurrentielles

Les Echos

2003

2,23

-0,39

billion US$

2002

1,77

0,14

billion US$

2001

1,61

0,14

billion US$

2000

1,57

0,12

billion US$

1999

1,39

0,09

billion US$

1998

anti-competitive practice: ordered by the US Department of Justice to end a policy of blocking member banks from issuing rival cards: Mastercard settles suit for 1 Bn US$

Les Echos

1998

1,09

0,04

billion US$

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» Financial delinquency in 2007

year

financial misdemeanor

sales

income

assets

buyback

source

13 informations, access to subscribers

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» Financial delinquency in 2007

year

purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution

source

1999

Market access and investment protection (through WTO, GATS), avoid social and environmental rules : ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) : : WTO, GATS

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Corporate Europe Observatory

1998

Legislation favorable to company's interests : Direct donation : amount: 5300 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate

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» Influence in 2007

year

purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution

source

2 informations, access to subscribers

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» Influence in 2007

year

dubious practice : image

source

2006

Mishandling of private data: Though MasterCard refused to say how the breach occurred, fraudsters stole the credit card details of holders in a major security breach.:

Privacy Rights

2003

Disinformation: PR campaign with Edelman Worldwide: public relations: E

Reuters

2001

ad budget: 250 million US$;

Advertising Age

2000

ad budget: 280 million US$;

Advertising Age

1996

slogan: Every language speaks Mastercard.;