MasterCard to Participate in the Barclays Emerging Payments Conference

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March 21, 2011 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time 

PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Tuesday, March 29, Ed McLaughlin, chief emerging payments officer for MasterCard Incorporated (NYSE: MA), will participate in the Barclays Emerging Payments Conference in New York City. The discussion will begin at 9:20 a.m. Eastern Time and will last for approximately 40 minutes.

A listen-only live audio webcast will be accessible through the Investor Relations section of the MasterCard website at www.mastercard.com. An audio replay of the session will also be available for 30 days at the same website location.

About MasterCard Incorporated

As a leading global payments company, MasterCard Incorporated prides itself on being at the heart of commerce, helping to make life easier and more efficient for everyone, everywhere. MasterCard serves as a franchisor, processor and advisor to the payments industry, and makes commerce happen by providing a critical economic link among financial institutions, governments, businesses, merchants, and cardholders worldwide. In 2010, $2.7 trillion in gross dollar volume was generated on its products by consumers around the world. Powered by the MasterCard Worldwide Network – the fastest payment processing network in the world – MasterCard processes over 23 billion transactions each year and has the capacity to handle 160 million transactions per hour, with an average network response time of 130 milliseconds and with 99.99 percent reliability. MasterCard advances global commerce through its family of brands, including MasterCard®, Maestro®, and Cirrus®; its suite of core products such as credit, debit, and prepaid; and its innovative platforms and functionalities, such as MasterCard PayPass™ and MasterCard inControl®. MasterCard serves consumers, governments, and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories. For more information, please visit us at www.mastercard.com.

Contacts

MasterCard Incorporated
Investor Relations:
Barbara Gasper, 914-249-4565
Investor_Relations@mastercard.com
or
Media Relations:
Chris Monteiro, 914-249-5826
Chris_Monteiro@mastercard.com

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