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Overview

Lobbying Costs

125,000€

Financial year: Jan 2012 - Dec 2012

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

None declared

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

2

High-level Commission meetings

62

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • 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 160 million transactions per hour, with an average network response time of 130 milliseconds and a 99.9 percent reliability rate.
    As it looks to the future, MasterCard is committed not only to continuing to deliver value to consumers and other stakeholders, but also to promoting the advantages of electronic payments, accelerating the displacement of cash and checks, and advancing commerce across the globe.

    Main EU files targeted

    Address

    Head Office
    Chausée de Tervueren
    Waterloo 1410
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    None declared

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 04 Apr 2013

    Name Start date End Date
    Adriana MUSCOLO 10 Nov 2023 08 Nov 2024
    Mr Mikael Conny Svensson 10 Nov 2023 08 Nov 2024
    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

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    None declared

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Mikael Svensson (Senior Business Leader Government Affairs and Public Policy)

  • Categories

    Category

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Companies & groups

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    None declared

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2012 - Dec 2012

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    125,000€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    None declared

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None declared

    Communication activities

    None declared

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    62 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 proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

    • Date 20 Nov 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Fraud prevention and the AI Act, G7 Code of Conduct
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
    • Date 24 Oct 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Economy, digital resilience, digital euro
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio An Economy that Works for People
      Attending
      • Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet member)
    • Date 11 Oct 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Approach to GDPR and Data Responsibility, Artificial intelligence act, Mastercard's European footprint
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
    • Date 10 Oct 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Digital Payments
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
      • Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 20 Sep 2023 Location Berlaymont
      Subject Inclusion and diversity
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli
      Portfolio Equality
      Attending
      • Annelisa Cotone (Cabinet member)
    • Date 22 Jun 2023 Location Warsaw
      Subject Digital Finance
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
      • Patricia Reilly (Cabinet member)
      • Paul Moley (Cabinet member)
      • Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 25 May 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Data protection and AI.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders
      Portfolio Justice
      Attending
      • Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
      • Geneviève Tuts (Cabinet member)
    • Date 24 May 2023 Location BERL
      Subject Courtesy visit
      DG Legal Service
      Attending
      • Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General)
    • Date 24 May 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Digital Euro, PSD2 review, and sanctions
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • John Berrigan (Director-General)
    • Date 16 May 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject digital transition
      DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology
      Attending
      • Roberto Viola (Director-General)
    • Date 11 May 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject EU SME policies
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
    • Date 11 May 2023 Location Brussels - BERL
      Subject EU payment system, digital means of payment and the digital euro.
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Valeria Miceli (Cabinet member)
    • Date 12 Apr 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Digital euro, Crypto finance
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 23 Mar 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Exchange of views on the European payments landscape and preparing for CEO visit
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
      Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age
      Attending
      • Simon Genevaz (Cabinet member)
    • Date 21 Mar 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Meeting with Mastercard CEO to discuss Diversity in the workplace
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli
      Portfolio Equality
      Attending
      • Helena Dalli (Commissioner)
      • Annelisa Cotone (Cabinet member)
    • Date 21 Mar 2023 Location Bruxelles
      Subject Exchange of views on economic outlook and financial services
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni
      Portfolio Economy
      Attending
      • Paolo Gentiloni (Commissioner)
    • 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
      Attending
      • Chris Uregian (Cabinet member)
      • Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
    • Date 21 Feb 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Trade Policy, digital transition.
      DG Trade
      Attending
      • Sabine Weyand (Director-General)
    • Date 21 Feb 2023 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Exchange views on digital transition and in particular on financial sector.
      DG Structural Reform Support
      Attending
      • Mario Nava (Director-General)
    • Date 02 Feb 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Physical meeting - Introductory meeting and exchange of view on main challenges for tax policy in the EU
      DG Taxation and Customs Union
      Attending
      • Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)
    • 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
      Attending
      • Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet member)
      • Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
      • Patricia Reilly (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • 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
      Attending
      • Valeria Miceli (Cabinet member)
    • Date 15 Jun 2022 Location Videoconference
      Subject Counterfeiting
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
      • Elina Laurinen (Cabinet member)
      • Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 11 May 2021 Location Video Conferencing
      Subject Payments
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
      • Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet member)
    • 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
      Attending
      • Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
    • Date 05 May 2021 Location Online
      Subject Artificial Intellligence
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
      Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age
      Attending
      • Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
    • 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
      Attending
      • Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
      • Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
    • 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
      Attending
      • Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
      • Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet member)
    • Date 17 Dec 2020 Location Conference call
      Subject Meeting to share aviation experience.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean
      Portfolio Transport
      Attending
      • Pablo Fabregas Martinez (Cabinet member)
    • Date 27 Nov 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject AI White Paper
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
      Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age
      Attending
      • Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
    • 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
      Attending
      • Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
    • Date 07 Sep 2020 Location Virtual meeting
      Subject Digital finance and retail payments
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • John Berrigan (Director-General)
    • Date 27 Aug 2020 Location virtual meeting
      Subject Patronage vouchers
      DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology
      Attending
      • Roberto Viola (Director-General)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 27 Aug 2020 Location virtual meeting
      Subject Patronage vouchers
      DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology
      Attending
      • Roberto Viola (Director-General)
      Other Lobbyists
    • 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
      Attending
      • Linsey Mccallum (Cabinet member)
    • Date 28 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference
      Subject COVID19 impact on the travel industry
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders
      Portfolio Justice
      Attending
      • Geneviève Tuts (Cabinet member)
    • Date 19 Feb 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Digital payments, European payment infrastructure
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • John Berrigan (Director-General)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 03 Dec 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject State of play of a possible pan-European payments solution
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
    • Date 20 Sep 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject Mastercard regulatory focusses and priorities
      DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology
      Attending
      • Roberto Viola (Director-General)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 20 Sep 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject Mastercard regulatory focusses and priorities
      DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology
      Attending
      • Roberto Viola (Director-General)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 18 Sep 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Latest developments in the payments field.
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
    • Date 12 Mar 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject EU Payments and Capital Markets Union
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
    • 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
      Attending
      • Nathalie De Basaldua Lemarchand (Cabinet member)
    • Date 20 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Belgium
      Subject India - Trade barriers in financial sector
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
      Portfolio Trade
      Attending
      • Pedro Velasco Martins (Cabinet member)
      • Jolana Mungengova (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 07 Sep 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject AI and privacy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
      Portfolio Digital Economy and Society
      Attending
      • Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
    • Date 19 Apr 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Trade in services and e-commerce
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
      Portfolio Trade
      Attending
      • Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 15 Nov 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject e-privacy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
      Portfolio Digital Economy and Society
      Attending
      • Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
    • Date 22 Sep 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject ePrivacy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • 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
      Attending
      • David Boublil (Cabinet member)
    • 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
      Attending
      • Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
      • Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • 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
      Attending
      • Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
    • Date 30 Jan 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Financial services agenda
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
    • Date 30 Jan 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject AMLD
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
      Attending
      • Isabelle Perignon (Cabinet member)
    • Date 23 May 2016 Location WHS Istanbul
      Subject private sector engagement in humanitarian aid
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)
    • Date 03 Feb 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Combating terrorist financing
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
      Attending
      • Isabelle Perignon (Cabinet member)
    • Date 28 Jan 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Action against terrorist financing/Prepaid cards
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
    • 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
      Attending
      • Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
    • Date 27 Jan 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Prepaid cards fraud
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Marlene Madsen (Cabinet member)
    • Date 28 Sep 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Data protection
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
      Attending
      • Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
    • 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
      Attending
      • Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
    • 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
      Attending
      • Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
    • 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
      Attending
      • Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
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