MasterCard 2003 Annual Report Download - page 19

At฀a฀Glance
Online฀Resources
www.mastercard.com
Our฀consumer-focused฀site฀serves฀as฀a฀key฀relationship฀management฀
contact฀point฀for฀consumers฀worldwide,฀offering฀payment฀services฀and฀
programs฀to฀prospective฀cardholders,฀as฀well฀as฀usage฀incentives,฀
educational฀information,฀and฀other฀services฀to฀existing฀cardholders.
www.mastercardinternational.com
Our฀global฀website฀for฀corporate฀information฀includes฀our฀latest฀
news฀announcements,฀useful฀media฀tools,฀recent฀performance฀
statistics,฀corporate฀citizenship฀programs,฀and฀job฀opportunities.
www.mastercardbusiness.com
Our฀Web-based฀resource฀for฀business฀and฀government฀includes฀฀
information฀about฀the฀benefits฀and฀features฀of฀MasterCard®฀
Corporate฀Payment฀Solutions฀cards฀and฀programs.฀The฀website฀
also฀offers฀tools฀for฀managing฀expenses฀and฀streamlining฀processes,฀
as฀well฀as฀online฀tutorials฀and฀discounts฀on฀goods฀and฀services.
www.mastercardmerchant.com
Our฀website฀for฀merchants฀and฀acquirers฀provides฀information฀
on฀accepting฀MasterCard฀cards฀and฀optimizing฀card฀acceptance฀
through฀our฀industry-specific฀programs,฀new฀technologies,฀
co-branding฀opportunities,฀and฀security฀and฀global฀programs.
www.mastercardonline.com
Our฀online฀resource฀deploys฀programs,฀services,฀training,฀and฀
documentation฀to฀users฀at฀our฀customer฀financial฀institutions฀in฀
more฀than฀150฀countries.
www.creditalk.com
The฀Credit฀Talk฀website฀is฀our฀interactive฀financial฀education฀
resource฀for฀consumers .฀ Topics฀include฀budget฀management,฀
the฀importance฀of฀establishing฀good฀credit,฀weathering฀a฀financial฀
crisis,฀consumer฀rights,฀and฀best฀practices.฀
Global฀Headquarters฀
2000฀Purchase฀Street
Purchase,฀NY฀10577฀U.S.A.฀
Telephone:฀1.914.249.2000฀
Global฀Technology฀&฀
Operations฀Headquarters
2200฀MasterCard฀Boulevard
O’Fallon,฀MO฀63366฀U.S.A.฀
Telephone:฀1.636.722.6100฀
Asia/Pacific฀Regional฀
Headquarters฀
152฀Beach฀Road฀
#35-00,฀The฀Gateway฀East
Singapore฀189721฀
Telephone:฀65.6533.2888
Europe฀Regional฀
Headquarters฀
Chaussée฀de฀Tervuren฀198a
1410,฀Waterloo,฀Belgium
Telephone:฀32.2.352.5111฀
Latin฀America฀&฀Caribbean฀
Regional฀Headquarters฀
801฀Brickell฀Avenue
Suite฀1300
Miami,฀FL฀33131฀U.S.A.฀
Telephone:฀1.305.539.2300฀
North฀America฀Regional฀
Headquarters฀
2000฀Purchase฀Street
Purchase,฀NY฀10577฀U.S.A.฀
Telephone:฀1.914.249.2000฀
South฀Asia,฀
Middle฀East฀&฀
Africa฀Regional฀
Headquarters฀
Dubai฀Internet฀City
Building฀#4,฀Second฀Floor
P.O.฀Box฀500003
Sheikh฀Zayed฀Road
Dubai,฀United฀Arab฀Emirates฀
Telephone:฀9714.391.4200฀
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MasterCard฀International฀Corporate฀and฀Regional฀Offices
This฀annual฀report฀contains฀forward-looking฀information.฀Although฀MasterCard฀believes฀that฀its฀expectations฀are฀based฀on฀reasonable฀assumptions,฀it฀can฀give฀no฀assurance฀that฀its฀objectives฀will฀
be฀achieved.฀Important฀factors฀that฀could฀cause฀actual฀results฀to฀differ฀materially฀from฀forward-looking฀information฀contained฀in฀this฀annual฀report฀include฀global฀political฀and฀economic฀conditions;฀
MasterCard’s฀ability฀to฀achieve฀its฀strategic฀objectives;฀the฀performance฀of฀MasterCard’s฀member฀financial฀institutions฀and฀the฀nature฀of฀MasterCard’s฀business฀relationships฀with฀these฀institutions;฀
substantial฀and฀increasingly฀intense฀competition฀in฀the฀global฀payments฀industry;฀the฀success฀of฀MasterCard’s฀global฀advertising,฀sponsorship,฀promotion,฀and฀merchant฀acceptance฀initiatives;฀the฀
functionality฀and฀security฀of฀MasterCard’s฀transaction-processing฀systems;฀MasterCard’s฀ability฀to฀adapt฀to฀industry฀trends฀with฀technological฀and฀payment฀program฀innovations;฀the฀resolution฀of฀
certain฀legal฀proceedings฀and฀regulatory฀actions;฀and฀changing฀market฀dynamics.฀MasterCard฀disclaims฀any฀obligation฀to฀publicly฀update฀or฀revise฀any฀forward-looking฀information.