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16,700,000,000
By฀the฀end฀of฀2004,฀MasterCard฀customer฀fi฀nancial฀
institutions฀had฀issued฀233฀million฀MasterCard®
฀฀,฀
Maestro
®
฀,฀and฀Cirrus®
฀ smart฀cards฀around฀the฀world.
The฀average฀time฀it฀takes฀for฀the฀
MasterCard฀network฀to฀process฀
a฀transaction.฀It฀can฀take฀days฀to฀
process฀a฀personal฀check.
In฀2004,฀MasterCard฀
was฀voted฀one฀of฀the฀
top฀20฀most฀respected฀
employers฀in
Initiated฀in฀1993,฀the฀
MasterCard฀MasterIndex™฀
of฀Consumer฀Confi฀dence฀
is฀the฀most฀comprehensive฀
and฀longest-running฀
consumer฀sentiment฀survey฀
in฀the฀Asia/Pacifi฀c฀Region.฀
In฀2004,฀MasterIndex฀was฀
launched฀in฀MasterCard’s฀
South฀Asia,฀Middle฀East฀&฀
Africa฀Region.
In฀2004,฀
the฀MasterCard฀
commercial฀payments฀
business฀exceeded฀
$100฀billion฀in฀gross฀
dollar฀volume.
The฀MasterCard฀award-winning฀
Priceless™฀advertising฀campaign฀has฀
appeared฀in฀96฀countries฀and฀in฀48฀
languages,฀giving฀the฀MasterCard฀
brand฀a฀truly฀global฀reach฀and฀scope.
transactions฀made฀with฀MasterCard-branded฀cards.
120
milliseconds
Cardholders฀
received฀assistance฀
With฀one฀MasterCard฀
card,฀you฀can฀purchase฀
items฀in฀over฀160฀
different฀currencies.
Around฀the฀world฀in฀2004,฀there฀were฀approximately
MasterCard฀cards฀are฀accepted฀at฀more฀than฀24฀million฀
locations฀worldwide,฀including฀merchant฀locations,฀ATMs,฀
and฀other฀locations฀where฀cash฀may฀be฀obtained.
MasterCard฀serves฀fi฀nancial฀institutions,฀
consumers,฀and฀businesses฀in฀more฀than฀
210฀countries฀and฀territories.
Today,฀there฀
are฀679.5฀
million฀
MasterCard-
branded฀cards฀
worldwide.
MasterCard฀has฀over฀
23,000฀customer฀
fi฀nancial฀institutions.
by฀Latin฀Trade฀
magazine.
Latin
America
953,779
times
in฀2004฀when฀
they฀called฀
MasterCard฀
Global฀Service,฀
toll-free฀or฀
collect,฀from฀222฀
countries฀in฀68฀
languages.
In฀2004,฀
the฀MasterCard฀RPPS฀
online฀bill฀payment฀
business฀in฀the฀United฀
States฀grew฀27%,฀while฀
the฀consumer-to-business฀
portion฀grew฀42%.