Cash & cash equivalents represents 28% in MasterCard’s assets

August 6, 2012 – MasterCard reported total assets (at June 30 2012) of $ 11,240 millions, an increase of 5% fot the first six months of the current year. 28% of the total assets – $ 3,153 millions – represents cash and cash equivalents. At the end of the last year, the percent of cash in total assets was much higher at a level of 35%.

For the six months ended June 30, 2012, MasterCard reported net income of $1.4 billion and net revenue of $3.6 billion, an increase of 13% versus the same period in 2011, or 16% on a constant currency basis. Gross dollar volume growth of 17%, transaction processing growth of 29% and cross-border volume growth of 18% contributed to the net revenue growth in the year-to-date period.

Net revenue for the second quarter of 2012 was $1.8 billion, a 9% increase versus the same period in 2011. On a constant currency basis, net revenue increased 13% compared to the same period in 2011. Net revenue growth was driven by the impact of the following:

• A 15% increase in gross dollar volume on a local currency basis, to $890 billion;
• An increase in processed transactions of 29%, to 8.5 billion; and
• An increase in cross-border volumes of 17%.

Worldwide purchase volume during the quarter was up 13% on a local currency basis versus the second quarter of 2011, to $661 billion. As of June 30, 2012, the company’s customers had issued 1.8 billion MasterCard and Maestro-branded cards.

“Though economic uncertainties continued to persist, we experienced solid volume and processed transaction growth in all regions as we are focused on driving our global business to expand the reach of electronic payments,” said Ajay Banga, MasterCard president and CEO. “We are executing on strategic partnerships as demonstrated by our recent announcement with Deutsche Telekom and the completion of AliPay’s integration with the DataCash payment platform, which will expand AliPay’s reach to online retailers outside of China. We also continue to work with government entities around the world, like the South African Social Security Agency, to help them implement more efficient and secure ways to deliver social benefits and to increase transparency and financial inclusion.”

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