MasterCard Logos and Brands

The Mastercard payment system processes billions of transactions annually in more than 210 countries. The two intersecting circles on the company’s logo have become one of the most recognizable symbols in the global financial industry. The 2016 rebranding removed text from the main logo, leaving only the circles’ geometry as a sufficient identifier. Mastercard, founded in 1966 as the Interbank Card Association, has evolved from a card cooperative of American banks to a global technology company, and this section documents the brand’s visual transformations throughout its more than half-century history.