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As electronic payments accelerate worldwide —
fueled, in large part, by our own innovations —
MasterCard is becoming a primary source of
market intelligence and expertise.
Our insights are based on timely and granular
information: billions of purchases by businesses
and consumers in markets around the world.
These insights are often applied in the fi eld by
MasterCard Advisors, our professional services arm,
which provides payments-focused consulting,
information and outsourcing services to fi nancial
institutions and merchants. They are also delivered
through highly regarded surveys and reports,
which are followed closely by fi nancial institutions,
merchants and industry infl uencers as they
monitor emerging trends.
In 2006, MasterCard Advisors established a partnership with
the global information and news service Reuters to distribute
SpendingPulse® — one of the most frequently cited measures of
the U.S. retail economy. In the Asia/Pacifi c Region, meanwhile,
MasterCard sponsored a host of reports and symposia focused
on economic developments in this vibrantly growing region.
MasterCard continues to bring the industry together on security
issues of concern to fi nancial institutions, merchants, consumers
and governments. Our efforts are helping to ensure that payment
cards remain the safest and most secure way to pay. For the fourth
consecutive year, we hosted risk management forums around the
world, attracting security experts from fi nancial institutions, law
enforcement and major retailers. This year, the events, held in Cyprus,
India, South Africa and the United States, focused on emerging
security techniques and the promotion of best practices for
combating payment card fraud.
New York, NY, USA
This year, MasterCard Advisors
and Reuters partnered to provide
U.S. retail sales data ahead of
traditional sources.
Cyprus
In 2006, bank and security experts
convened at one of a series of industry-
leading MasterCard Risk Management
Symposia around the world.