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NYSE: MAMastercard (MA) stock, explained like you're 5
Mastercard is a payment network like Visa. It connects shoppers, shops and banks and charges a tiny fee on each purchase.
- Ticker
- MA
- Exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Financial Credit Services
- Size
- Mega cap, about 484.4 billion dollars
How Mastercard makes money
- Fees on card payments that go through its network.
- Fees on cross border payments.
- Data, security and other services sold to banks.
What moves MA stock
- Consumer spending and how many people pay by card.
- Travel spending.
- Regulation of card fees and new ways to pay.
In the news lately
- Mapping the Market: Warnings of more losses for Mastercard shares, but ray of hope for bulls (Reuters)
- Mastercard Stock Is Flat Over The Past Year, Does MA Have Room To Run By 2028? (TIKR.com)
- Why MasterCard (MA) Dipped More Than Broader Market Today (Yahoo Finance)
- Mastercard (MA) Stock May Trade At A Discount As Stablecoin Push Grows (Simply Wall Street)
- Mastercard's cash dividend goes to shareholders listed as of Oct. 9. (Stock Titan)
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Questions about Mastercard stock
What does Mastercard do?
Mastercard is a payment network like Visa. It connects shoppers, shops and banks and charges a tiny fee on each purchase.
What is the ticker symbol for Mastercard?
Mastercard trades under the ticker MA on the New York Stock Exchange.
How does Mastercard make money?
Fees on card payments that go through its network. Fees on cross border payments. Data, security and other services sold to banks.
What moves MA stock?
Consumer spending and how many people pay by card. Travel spending. Regulation of card fees and new ways to pay.
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Educational information, not financial advice. This guide explains the business in general terms and does not include live prices.