$1,150,000 of MASTERCARD WORLDWIDE lobbying was just disclosed, from Q1 of 2023, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"Issues related to interchange, cost of acceptance, debit interchange price controls, and routing mandates for credit cards. Issues related to payments tokenization and card security. Issues related to antitrust reform. Issues related to digital identity - S. 884. Issues related to data privacy - H.R. 1165. Issues related to cybersecurity. Issues related to global payment standards, merchant category codes (MCCs), and special category merchants. Issues related to U.S. sanctions - Russia and Belarus. Issues related to trade - Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. Issues related to payments innovation and open banking. Issues related to digital assets. Issues related to financial inclusion. Issues related to CDFIs and MDIs. Issues related to small business development."
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
MA Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $MA stock 5 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 3 have been purchases and 2 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MA stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- SENATOR SHELDON WHITEHOUSE has traded it 2 times. They made 0 purchases and 2 sales worth up to $30,000 on 10/29.
- REPRESENTATIVE JOSH GOTTHEIMER has traded it 3 times. They made 3 purchases worth up to $45,000 on 09/18, 07/31, 07/18 and 0 sales.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
MA Insider Trading Activity
MA insiders have traded $MA stock on the open market 16 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 16 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MA stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- J. MEHRA SACHIN (Chief Financial Officer) has traded it 3 times. They made 0 purchases and 3 sales, selling 24,879 shares.
- VENKATA R MADABHUSHI (Chief Marketing Officer) has traded it 3 times. They made 0 purchases and 3 sales, selling 14,056 shares.
- SANDRA A ARKELL (Controller) has traded it 3 times. They made 0 purchases and 3 sales, selling 3,300 shares.
- FOUNDATION MASTERCARD has traded it 5 times. They made 0 purchases and 5 sales, selling 503,000 shares.
- HAI LING (President, AP, Europe, MEA) has traded it 2 times. They made 0 purchases and 2 sales, selling 5,784 shares.
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
MA Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,340 institutional investors add shares of MA stock to their portfolio, and 1,334 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- INTERNATIONAL ASSETS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC removed 8,025,040 shares (-99.8%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024
- BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ added 1,965,782 shares (+51.7%) to their portfolio in Q3 2024
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added 1,844,026 shares (+6.6%) to their portfolio in Q3 2024
- DZ BANK AG DEUTSCHE ZENTRAL GENOSSENSCHAFTS BANK, FRANKFURT AM MAIN removed 1,266,476 shares (-78.5%) from their portfolio in Q3 2024
- AMUNDI removed 1,193,016 shares (-21.6%) from their portfolio in Q3 2024
- APG ASSET MANAGEMENT N.V. removed 1,106,062 shares (-88.5%) from their portfolio in Q3 2024
- LONE PINE CAPITAL LLC removed 1,043,557 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q3 2024
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
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