The U.S. Airways Dividend Miles World MasterCard, for example, advertises up to 20, 000 bonus miles.
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Domestically, he relies on his Ameriprise World Elite MasterCard, which includes free lounge access through PriorityPass.
There are about 5 billion mobile phone users in the world, and MasterCard is providing them access to traditional financial services like the ability to transfer funds, pay bills and purchase goods and services at brick-and-mortar stores or through e-commerce websites through a device they already own.
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Visa is the largest provider of payment card network in the world and competes with MasterCard, American Express, Discover and Capital One.
Because a world without climate change is priceless, MasterCard has teamed up with the business-savvy environmental group, Brighter Planet, to offer corporate customers carbon footprint reports.
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Debit card use also rose sharply in the rest of the world, which accounts for more than half of MasterCard's revenue.
"Consumers and businesses around the world continue to recognize the benefits of electronic payments and MasterCard remains at the heart of this evolution, " said MasterCard President and Chief Executive AjayBangaAjay Banga.
Visa and Mastercard are accepted at millions of locations around the world.
Visa and MasterCard are the two largest payment network providers in the world and control more than 80% of the market between them.
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MasterCard is the second largest global payment solutions company in the world after Visa, and processes approximately 21 billion transactions each year.
They tend to be Visa or MasterCard-based products which means they can be used across the world.
The 20 Most Popular Cities In The World To Visit In 2012 I was just getting ready to go on a European vacation when my e-mail pinged with a press release from MasterCard about the second annual list of the 20 most visited cities in the world.
The Google Wallet launch would coincide with the start of the NFC World Congress, and while Google is not listed as participating at the event, its main partner MasterCard is the official sponsor, TechCrunch adds.
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