Mastercard Inc. (stylized as MasterCard from 1977 to 2016 and MasterCard since 2016) is a multinational financial services firm located in Purchase. New York, at the MasterCard International Global Headquarters. Which is part of St. Charles County. Its primary business is to process payments between merchant banks and, as a result. The card-issuing banks or credit unions of customers who make transactions with “MasterCard” brand debit, credit. And prepaid cards around the world. Since 2006, Worldwide has been a publicly traded firm. MasterCard Worldwide was a cooperative held by 25,000 financial institutions that supplied its branded cards before its initial public offering. Read More