Overview
Lobbying Costs
800,000€ - 899,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.05 Fte (14)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
47
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Mastercard Europe
EU Transparency Register
58204758673-16 First registered on 27 Apr 2012
Goals / Remit
Mastercard Worldwide is a driving force at the heart of commerce, enabling global transactions and building economic connections to make commerce faster, more convenient, more secure, and more valuable to everyone involved. As a technology-driven, global payments company, Mastercard provides a critical link between consumers, financial institutions, and millions of businesses and merchants worldwide.
Our customers include approximately 22,000 financial institutions and other entities in more than 210 countries and territories. We provide our customers with innovative services enabling them to use electronic forms of payment instead of cash and checks to make everyday commerce activities such as shopping, traveling, running a business and managing finances easier.
Powered by the Mastercard Worldwide Network — the fastest payment processing network in the world — Mastercard processes more than 23 billion transactions each year. The network has the capacity to handle more than 1 (...)Main EU files targeted
• Retail Payments Strategy for the EU
• Digital Finance Strategy for the EU
• Payment Services Directive 2
• Proposal for a Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA)
• Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Directive
• Proposal for a Regulation on Digital Operational Resilience for Financial Sector
• Proposal for a Regulation on establishing a framework for a European Digital Identity
Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation No 260/2012 and (EU) 2021/1230 as regards instant credit
transfers in euro
Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 as regards establishing a framework for a European Digital Identity
• Digital Euro
• Directive on Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements
• Proposal for a Regulation laying down harmonised rules on Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act)
• Proposal for a Regulation on European data governance (Data Governance Act)
• Proposal on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act)
• EBA Regulatory Standards on SCA
• Revision of the Settlement Finality DirectiveAddress
Head Office
Chaussée de Tervueren, 198 A
Waterloo 1410
BELGIUMEU Office
Chaussée de Tervueren, 198 A
Waterloo 1410
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
14
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 10% 13 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.05
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 28 Mar 2023
Name Start date End Date Ms Silvia HADZHIYANEVA 04 Dec 2019 04 Dec 2020 Mr Mikael Conny Svensson 13 Jun 2018 13 Jun 2019 Mr Piero Crivellaro 13 Jun 2018 13 Jun 2019 Mr Mikael Conny Svensson 08 Mar 2016 05 Mar 2017 Mr Piero Crivellaro 17 Dec 2014 15 Dec 2015 Mr Ludovic Espitalier-Noël 03 Dec 2014 01 Dec 2015 Mr Mikael Conny Svensson 03 Dec 2014 01 Dec 2015 Ms Katarina Kakalikova 29 Nov 2014 27 Nov 2015 Mr Piero Crivellaro 24 Dec 2013 17 Dec 2014 Ms Katarina Kakalikova 19 Dec 2013 29 Nov 2014 Mr Mikael Conny Svensson 11 Dec 2013 03 Dec 2014 Mr Ludovic Espitalier-Noël 26 Nov 2013 23 Nov 2014 Mr Ludovic Espitalier-Noël 26 Sep 2012 28 Apr 2013 Mr Mikael Conny Svensson 26 Sep 2012 28 Apr 2013 Complementary Information
One person is primarily involved in EU influencing activities. The other 13 members of the team are lead experts on concrete policy files, however, they do not spend more than 10% of their time on EU influencing activities.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
• QED
• Payments Europe
• AmCham EU
• DIGITALEUROPE
• SME Connect
• Payments Association
• Bruegel
• Center for Information Policy Leadership (CIPL)
• Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
• Future of Privacy ForumMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
800,000€ - 899,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount weber shandwick 50,000€ - 99,999€ fti consulting 600,000€ - 699,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name fti consulting Closed year Costs
800,000€ - 899,999€
Other financial info
N/A
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Payment Systems Market Expert Group#E02287#BAERT Christoph#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2287 #Member #B#Industry, Employees/workers
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
EIFOther activities
Internal market, SEPA, e-commerce ,PSD, EMD, AML, fraud prevention, consumer protection, consumer education, financial inclusion, consumer credit, safer internet programme, data privacy and data protection, competition issues...
Meetings
Meetings
47 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 21 Mar 2023 Location Bruxelles Subject Exchange of views on economic outlook and financial services Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni Portfolio Economy Commission - Paolo Gentiloni (Commissioner)
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Date 21 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Ukraine, cyber-resilience and skills, combatting child sexual abuse online Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life Commission - Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
- Chris Uregian (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Feb 2023 Location Brussels Subject Trade Policy, digital transition. Commission - Sabine Weyand (Director-General)
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Date 21 Feb 2023 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Exchange views on digital transition and in particular on financial sector. Commission - Mario Nava (Director-General)
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Date 02 Feb 2023 Location Brussels Subject Physical meeting - Introductory meeting and exchange of view on main challenges for tax policy in the EU Commission - Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)
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Date 27 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Roundtable on Remittances to Ukraine Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Commission - Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
- Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet member)
- Patricia Reilly (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Visa Europe
- Ria Money Transfer
- JOINT-STOCK COMPANY COMMERCIAL BANK PRIVATBANK
- Small World Financial Services Group Limited
- JOINT-STOCK COMPANY ACCENT-BANK
- NovaPay LLC
- First Ukrainian International Bank
- PUBLIC JOINT STOCK COMPANY JOINT STOCK BANK UKRGASBANK
- TransferGO
- Wise Ltd
- Raiffeisen Bank International AG
- JSC “Ukrposhta”
- Joint Stock Company “State Savings Bank of Ukraine”
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Date 19 Jul 2022 Location Brussels (virtual meeting) Subject Mastercard explained how they are helping Ukrainian people and companies and how they are implementing Eu sanctions. Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Commission - Valeria Miceli (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Jun 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Counterfeiting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Commission - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Elina Laurinen (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 May 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject Payments Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Commission - Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
- Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 May 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Company policy for the Control of illicit pornography online Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Commission - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 May 2021 Location Online Subject Artificial Intellligence Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Commission - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Apr 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Toward a new governance framework for the data economy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Commission - Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 24 Mar 2021 Location Online Subject Retail payments strategy, open strategic autonomy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Commission - Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
- Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Dec 2020 Location Conference call Subject Meeting to share aviation experience. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Commission - Pablo Fabregas Martinez (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Nov 2020 Location Brussels Subject AI White Paper Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Commission - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Sep 2020 Location Brussels - videoconference Subject Green recovery, Green Deal objectives and role of the private sector Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Commission - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 07 Sep 2020 Location Virtual meeting Subject Digital finance and retail payments Commission - John Berrigan (Director-General)
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Date 27 Aug 2020 Location virtual meeting Subject Patronage vouchers Commission - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 27 Aug 2020 Location virtual meeting Subject Patronage vouchers Commission - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 08 May 2020 Location Brussels Subject Travel vouchers – tourism package in response to COVID 19 crisis Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Commission - Linsey Mccallum (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference Subject COVID19 impact on the travel industry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Commission - Geneviève Tuts (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Digital payments, European payment infrastructure Commission - John Berrigan (Director-General)
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Date 03 Dec 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject State of play of a possible pan-European payments solution Commission - Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
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Date 20 Sep 2019 Location Brussels Subject Mastercard regulatory focusses and priorities Commission - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 20 Sep 2019 Location Brussels Subject Mastercard regulatory focusses and priorities Commission - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 18 Sep 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Latest developments in the payments field. Commission - Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
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Date 12 Mar 2019 Location Brussels Subject EU Payments and Capital Markets Union Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Commission - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Mar 2019 Location Brussels Subject EU Payments and Capital Markets Union Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Commission - Nathalie De Basaldua Lemarchand (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Belgium Subject India - Trade barriers in financial sector Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Commission - Pedro Velasco Martins (Cabinet member)
- Jolana Mungengova (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject AI and privacy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Commission - Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject Trade in services and e-commerce Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Commission - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject e-privacy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Commission - Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Sep 2017 Location Brussels Subject ePrivacy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on the cash control proposal and pre-paid cards. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Commission - David Boublil (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Apr 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Panel debate at Networking meeting with Czechs and Slovaks in Brussels Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Commission - Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
- Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
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Date 01 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject PSD2 Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Commission - Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Jan 2017 Location Brussels Subject Financial services agenda Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Commission - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Jan 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject AMLD Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Commission - Isabelle Perignon (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 May 2016 Location WHS Istanbul Subject private sector engagement in humanitarian aid Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides Portfolio Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management Commission - Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)
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Date 03 Feb 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Combating terrorist financing Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Commission - Isabelle Perignon (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Action against terrorist financing/Prepaid cards Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Commission - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Combatting terrorist financing Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Commission - Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Prepaid cards fraud Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Commission - Marlene Madsen (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Sep 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Data protection Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Commission - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Financial Services Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Commission - Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 May 2015 Location European Commission- Berlaymont Subject Development of electronic payment systems in Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Commission - Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Financial Services Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Commission - Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
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