Overview
Mastercard runs the second global card network and provides credit, debit, prepaid and commercial payment programmes under the Mastercard, Maestro and Cirrus brands, along with cyber and intelligence services.[2] Forbes records sales of US$34.0bn, only US$12m less than PayPal’s, and profit of US$15.6bn.[2] The Fortune 500 lists revenue of US$32.8bn for calendar 2025.[8] At US$436.7bn, its market value was second only to Visa’s in this list.[2]
Mastercard strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Very high profit margin for its size
- Diversified into data, security and value-added services
Limitations
- Same regulatory and litigation exposure on fees as Visa
- Growth tied to cross-border travel and card spending
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Mastercard peers and competitors
Companies ranked in the same lists as Mastercard.
- Visa
- Broadridge
Circle
Adyen
Robinhood
Corpay
SoFi- SS&C Technologies
Coinbase
Kaspi.kz
PayPal
Global Payments
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