MasterCard Incorporated Reports Second-Quarter 2012 Financial Results

MasterCard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) today announced financial results for the second quarter of 2012. Excluding a special item, the company reported net income of $713 million, up 17%, and earnings per diluted share of $5.65, up 19%, in each case versus the year-ago period. Including the special item, an incremental $13 million after-tax charge related to the U.S. merchant litigations, the company reported net income of $700 million, or $5.55 per diluted share. The company’s total operating expenses, operating income, net income and earnings per share, excluding the special item, are non-GAAP financial measures that are reconciled to their most directly comparable GAAP measures in the accompanying financial tables.

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%.

These factors were partially offset by an increase in rebates and incentives, primarily due to new and renewed agreements and increased volumes.

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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