Mastercard International

Mastercard International Inc. Employee PAC (MASTERCARD PAC) Or (Mastercard Employee PAC)

Corporate PAC FEC C00410274

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count

PAC giving to candidates$241K

Company lobbying, all issues $10.5M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the company’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the company’s employees; the company itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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Mastercard International reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 9 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

Banking8 of 88/8
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products8 of 88/8
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities8 of 88/8
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8

Homeland Security 4 of 8 · Government Issues 1 of 8 · Show all 7

Homeland Security4 of 84/8
Government Issues1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 12 bills, this period

S. 3623 / H.R. 7035 Credit Card Competition Act of 20268 filings
S. 381 / H.R. 1944 10 Percent Credit Card Interest Rate Cap Act6 filings
S. 4066, 118th FIT Procurement Act4 filings
S. 1582 GENIUS Act3 filings
S. 3805 / H.R. 6487, 118th No Fees for EFTs Act3 filings

7 more, 5 named in only one filing · Show all 12

S. 1838 / H.R. 3881, 118th Credit Card Competition Act of 2023 Broad bill3 filings
H.R. 3881 Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act2 filings
H.R. 5334 Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 20261 filing
H.R. 7056 Community Bank Regulatory Tailoring Act1 filing
S. 1715 / H.R. 1181 Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act1 filing
S. 5025 Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 20261 filing
H.R. 3633 Digital Asset Market Clarity Act Broad bill1 filing

From the filings

“Issues related to interchange, cost of acceptance, and routing mandates of credit cards. Issues related to payments, generally Issues related to credit card rate caps, generally S 3623, Credit Card Competition Act”

Q3 2026 filing · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

“Issues related to global financial services trade policies. Issues related to international trade negotiations. Issues related to tariffs and payments processing.”

Q3 2026 filing · Trade (domestic/foreign)

Contacted as listed on the filings

U.S. House
U.S. Senate
CommerceDOC
Treasury
U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
Homeland SecurityDHS
StateDOS
White House Office
Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
Natl Security CouncilNSC

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Mastercard International, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 81 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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