Monday, April 18, 2011

MasterCard Completes Travelex Prepaid Acquisition


MasterCard Completes Acquisition of Travelex’s Prepaid Card Program Management Assets

Deal Enhances MasterCard’s Global Prepaid Business
PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MasterCard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of the prepaid Card Program Management (CPM) operations of Travelex, at the terms previously announced.
The acquisition of Travelex’s CPM operations furthers MasterCard’s strategic business goals and strengthens the company’s suite of global prepaid business assets. It will allow MasterCard to play a greater role in the prepaid value chain supporting issuers and partners, especially outside of the United States and in the attractive cross-border payments space.

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