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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001141391-23-000014
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230209

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Mastercard Inc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001141391
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389]
		IRS NUMBER:				134172551
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2000 PURCHASE STREET
		CITY:			PURCHASE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10577
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9142492000

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		STREET 1:		2000 PURCHASE STREET
		CITY:			PURCHASE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10577

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MASTERCARD INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010525
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i0327211331ff466baa1872c2b203f461_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><img alt="mcsymbol1a01.jpg" src="mcsymbol1a01.jpg" style="height:53px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:89px"></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Frutiger LT 45 Light',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Mastercard </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Frutiger LT 45 Light',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2000 Purchase Street</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Frutiger LT 45 Light',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Purchase, NY 10577-2509</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Frutiger LT 45 Light',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Tel 1-914-249-2000</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Frutiger LT 45 Light',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">www.mastercard.com</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">VIA EDGAR</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">February 9, 2023</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">Mr. Tony Watson</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">United States Securities and Exchange Commission</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">Division of Corporation Finance</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">Office of Trade &#38; Services</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">100 F Street, N.E.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">Washington, D.C. 20549-0405</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:63.492%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:6.650%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:91.150%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Re&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:107%">Mastercard Inc.</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:107%">Form 10-K For Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:107%">Filed February 11, 2022</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:107%">File No. 001-32877</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">Dear Mr. Watson&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">Mastercard Incorporated (&#8220;Mastercard&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) is submitting our response to your verbal comments provided on February 8, 2023, as outlined below, in connection with the review by the staff (the &#8220;Staff&#8221;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Mastercard&#8217;s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed on February 11, 2022 (the &#8220;Form 10-K&#8221;).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%"> </font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:130%;text-decoration:underline">Management's discussion and analysis (&#34;MD&#38;A&#34;) of financial condition and results of operations</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">We reviewed your proposed revised disclosure in Management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations. Please consider revising the definitions of your Payment network key metrics to address the following items&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:130%;padding-left:13.02pt">Please clarify if the standard pricing included in your assessment calculations are published to the public or are disclosed to customers</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:130%;padding-left:13.02pt">Please provide more transparency as to the key drivers for each assessment</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">Also please remove the Gross assessments, Rebates and incentives, and Payment network line items from the presentation of the Key Metrics table.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><img alt="mcsymbol1a01.jpg" src="mcsymbol1a01.jpg" style="height:53px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:89px"></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%;text-decoration:underline">Mastercard's Response</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:130%;text-decoration:underline">Key Drivers and Metrics</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">To enable users of our financial statements to understand and evaluate our financial performance we will disclose key drivers and additional key metrics within MD&#38;A related to our Payment network.&#160;Refer to the following proposed disclosures that we will provide in our upcoming 2022 Form 10-K&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%"> </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:130%">Key Drivers </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:130%">Gross Dollar Volume (&#8220;GDV&#8221;)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%;position:relative;top:-3.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">1</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%"> measures dollar volume of activity, including both domestic and cross-border volume, on cards carrying our brands during the period, on a local currency basis and U.S. dollar-converted basis.  GDV represents purchase volume plus cash volume&#59; &#8220;purchase volume&#8221; means the aggregate dollar amount of purchases made with Mastercard-branded cards for the relevant period&#59; and &#8220;cash volume&#8221; means the aggregate dollar amount of cash disbursements and includes the impact of balance transfers and convenience checks obtained with Mastercard-branded cards for the relevant period.  Information denominated in U.S. dollars relating to GDV is calculated by applying an established U.S. dollar&#47;local currency exchange rate for each local currency in which our volumes are reported.  These exchange rates are calculated on a quarterly basis using the average exchange rate for each quarter.&#160; We report period-over-period rates of change in purchase volume and cash volume on the basis of local currency information, in order to eliminate the impact of changes in the value of currencies against the U.S. dollar in calculating such rates of change.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:130%">Cross-border Volume Growth</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%;position:relative;top:-3.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">2</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%"> measures the growth of cross-border dollar volume during the period, on a local currency basis and U.S. dollar-converted basis, for all Mastercard-branded programs. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:130%">Switched Transactions</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%;position:relative;top:-3.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">2</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%"> measures the number of transactions switched by Mastercard, which is defined as the number of transactions initiated and switched through our network during the period.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:4.55pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%;position:relative;top:-2.44pt;vertical-align:baseline">1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">Data used in the calculation of GDV is provided by Mastercard customers and is subject to verification by Mastercard and partial cross-checking against information provided by Mastercard&#8217;s transaction switching systems.  All data is subject to revision and amendment by Mastercard or Mastercard&#8217;s customers.  Starting in the first quarter of 2022, data related to sanctioned Russian banks was not reported to us and therefore such amounts are not included.  Subsequent to the suspension of our business operations in Russia in March 2022, there is no Russian data to be reported. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:4.55pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%;position:relative;top:-2.44pt;vertical-align:baseline">2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">Growth rates are normalized to eliminate the effects of differing switching and carryover days between periods.  Carryover days are those where transactions and volumes from days where the Company does not clear and settle are processed.  In the fourth quarter of 2021, we began clearing and settling transactions and volumes on a daily basis.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><img alt="mcsymbol1a01.jpg" src="mcsymbol1a01.jpg" style="height:53px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:89px"></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">The following tables provide a summary of the growth trends in our key drivers.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:4pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:62.931%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.575%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.117%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.575%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.117%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.575%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.117%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.575%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.118%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="21" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #378f7b;border-top:1pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">For the Years Ended December 31,</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #378f7b;border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2022</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #378f7b;border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2021</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="21" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Increase&#47;(Decrease)</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">USD</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Local</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">USD</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Local</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Mastercard-branded GDV growth </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">1</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">United States</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Worldwide less United States</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cross-border volume growth </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">1</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #3b8d8b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #3b8d8b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #3b8d8b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #3b8d8b;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Mastercard-branded GDV growth </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">1 </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">adjusted for Russia</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"> 2</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:11.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Worldwide less United States GDV growth </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">1</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> adjusted for Russia </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">2</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cross-border volume growth </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">1 </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">adjusted for Russia </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">2</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #3b8d8b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #3b8d8b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #3b8d8b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #3b8d8b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:8pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:80.971%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.572%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.091%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.572%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.094%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #378f7b;border-top:1pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">For the Years Ended December 31,</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Increase&#47;(Decrease)</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2022</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2021</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Switched transactions growth</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Switched transactions growth adjusted for Russia </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">2</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #3b8d8b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #3b8d8b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;%</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:4.55pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;position:relative;top:-2.44pt;vertical-align:baseline">1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Excludes volume generated by Maestro and Cirrus cards.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:4.55pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;position:relative;top:-2.44pt;vertical-align:baseline">2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Starting in the first quarter of 2022, as a result of imposed sanctions and the suspension of our business operations in Russia, we have provided adjusted growth rates for our key operating metrics excluding activity from Russian issued cards from the current and prior periods.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><img alt="mcsymbol1a01.jpg" src="mcsymbol1a01.jpg" style="height:53px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:89px"></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:130%">Key Metrics related to the Payment Network</font></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Assessments represent agreed upon standard pricing provided to our customers based on the various forms of payment-related activity.  Assessments are used internally by management to monitor operating performance as it allows for comparability and provides visibility into cardholder trends and behavioral shifts. Assessments do not represent our net revenue.</font></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following provides additional information on our key metrics related to the Payment network&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#378f7b;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;padding-left:8.52pt">Domestic assessments </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">are charges based on activity related to cards that carry the company&#8217;s brands where the merchant country and the country of issuance are the same. These assessments are primarily driven by the domestic dollar volume of activity (e.g., domestic purchase volume, domestic cash volume) or the number of cards issued. </font></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#378f7b;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;padding-left:8.52pt">Cross-border assessments </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">are charges based on activity related to cards that carry the company&#8217;s brands where the merchant country and the country of issuance are different. These assessments are primarily driven by cross-border dollar volume of activity (e.g., cross-border purchase volume, cross-border cash volume). </font></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#378f7b;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;padding-left:8.52pt">Transaction processing assessments</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> are charges primarily driven by the number of switched transactions on our payment network. 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style="color:#378f7b;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;padding-left:8.52pt">Other network assessments </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">are charges for licensing, implementation and other franchise fees.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">The following table provides a summary of our key metrics related to the payment network.</font></div><div style="margin-top:3pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:30.804%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td 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colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="15" style="border-top:1pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:107%">For the Years Ended December 31,</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="border-top:1pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:107%">2022</font></td><td colspan="6" style="border-top:1pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:107%">2021</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:107%">2022</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #378f7b;border-top:1pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #378f7b;border-top:1pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:107%">2021</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #378f7b;border-top:1pt solid #378f7b;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #378f7b;border-top:1pt solid #378f7b;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:107%">2020</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" 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