MasterCard 2004 Annual Report Download - page 21

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฀
update฀publicly฀or฀revise฀any฀forward-looking฀information.
At฀A฀Glance
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/Pacifi฀c฀Regional฀
Headquarters฀
152฀Beach฀Road฀
#35-00,฀The฀Gateway฀East
Singapore฀189721฀
Telephone:฀65.332.888
MasterCard฀International฀Corporate฀and฀Regional฀Offices
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฀
www.mastercard.com
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all฀the฀MasterCard฀websites.฀This฀site฀serves฀as฀a฀key฀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฀news฀
announcements,฀corporate฀performance฀statistics,฀corporate฀citizenship฀
programs,฀media฀tools,฀and฀job฀opportunities.
www.mastercardadvisors.com
Our฀global฀website฀for฀information฀about฀MasterCard฀Advisors™฀includes฀
product฀and฀service฀offerings,฀consulting฀capabilities,฀and฀examples฀of฀
how฀MasterCard฀Advisors฀has฀helped฀clients฀improve฀and฀expand฀their฀
payments฀business.
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฀to฀businesses฀for฀
managing฀expenses฀and฀streamlining฀processes,฀as฀well฀as฀online฀tutorials฀
and฀discounts฀on฀goods฀and฀services.
Online฀Resources
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,฀fraud฀prevention,฀and฀global฀programs.
www.mastercardonline.com
Our฀secure฀extranet฀provides฀access฀to฀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฀
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