Mastercard

Two overlapping colored circles

Mastercard is a major credit card network and financial services company, one of the two dominant payment processors alongside Visa.

The name appears on credit and debit cards issued by banks worldwide: Do you take Mastercard?

The brand is often used generically to mean any credit card, though technically Mastercard is the network, not the issuing bank.

payment

Visa

Global payment processor

chip · swipe · PIN · transaction · checkout · purchase · merchant · terminal · point-of-sale · wallet

cardholder

rewards

Benefits given for merit

perks · benefits · annual fee · credit limit · interest rate · APR · balance · minimum payment · billing cycle · fraud protection

network

processing

Systematic operation on data

bank · financial institution · tokenization · encryption · verification · currency conversion

branding

logo

Company identifying symbol

advertising · campaign · slogan · jingle · partnership · UEFA · MLB · Grammy Awards · brand recognition

Categories
Opposites
payment network rivalry

MastercardVisa

Global payment processor

American Express · Amex · Diners Club · JCB

payment method type

Mastercardcash

Ready spending funds

coins · barter · check · money order · gold

Family

master, card, masters, mastered, mastering, masterful, masterly, masterpiece, mastermind

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G