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Please find page 13 of the 2004 MasterCard annual report below. You can navigate through the pages in the report by either clicking on the pages listed below, or by using the keyword search tool below to find specific information within the annual report.TheOpportunity
Withchecksstilldominatingbusiness
payments,there’splentyofroomtogrow.
Largeorsmall,every
businessrepresentsawindow
ofopportunity
TheValue
Fewareasoffermoreopportunitiesthancommercialpayments,wheremosttransactions
arestillmadebycheck.Here,MasterCardisprovingitselfabetteralternative,providingvalue-
addedsolutionsthathelpbusinesses,largeandsmall,streamlinefinancialmanagement.
OurnewMasterCardMultinationalCorporateProgramhelpscompanieswithofficesinmulti-
plecountriesconsolidatetheirtransactiondataandintegrateitwiththeirexistingenterprise
resource-planningsystems.Thisprogramincreasesspeedandefficiency,andsimplifies
purchasing,tracking,management,andreportingusingMasterCard’sadvancedprocessing
platformandonlinetools.
Anothersolution,MasterCarde-P3
™
,deliverselectronicpurchasing,presentment,and
™™
payment.Thisplatformautomatesandintegratesacompany’saccountspayableprocess,
providinggreaterefficiencyandcontrol.Meanwhile,MasterCardExpenSys
™
combineswith
theMasterCardCorporateCard
™
tostreamlineandsimplifytravelexpensemanagement
™
™
andtransformtheexpensereportingprocess—aboontointernationalcompanieswhose
employeestravel.
MasterCardalsoprovidesMasterCardWorkplaceSolutions
™
,asuiteofprepaidprograms
™
™
thatourcustomerscanofferorganizationstodistributepaymentsandtrackexpensesrelated
towages,incentives,meetings,andtravel.Aflexiblesolutionforoptimizingefficiencieswith
electronicpayments,MasterCardWorkplaceSolutionshasbeenadoptedonboardU.S.and
Chileannavyships,wherepayrolldistributionsandpurchasesaresimplifiedwithprepaidcards.
Tobetterorganize,analyze,andmanagepaymentdata,organizationscanuseMasterCard
SmartData.Ourpremiersuiteofreportingandmanagementtools,MasterCardSmartData
isavailablein13languagesandusedbysome47,000companiesaroundtheworld.
Whetherforlargecorporations,governmentagencies,orsmallandmidsizebusinesses,
MasterCardpaymentssolutionshelpreducecosts,trackexpenditures,andgainefficiencies.
Forourcustomerfinancialinstitutions,theyprovideacompellingopportunitytooffermore
value—andcapturemorebusiness.
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