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For as long as there have been student credit cards, the name MasterCard or Master Card has been well known. MasterCard is one of the most recognizable debit and credit card brands in the world. Under the leadership of MasterCard International, they've become a household name, becoming the most popular form of student credit cards. MasterCard International is a payments solutions company known around the globe and a leader in the industry with their wide range of financial services. MasterCard has relationship with the merchants and consumers that use the MasterCard brand but does not set the fees, rates or APRs on the cards with the MasterCard name.

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Master Card is accepted today in over 210 countries and has contributed to being a driving force in commercial transactions all over the globe. MasterCard provides an electronic network that is fast and reliable, allowing students, consumers and merchants to make payments regardless of where they are in the world. Because they are so well known globally, they are very popular with consumers wanting to make fast transactions wherever they happen to be.

MasterCard was started in 1966 under the name Interbank Card Association and through the years has emerged into the huge publicly traded company known as MasterCard Worldwide. Although MasterCard Worldwide isn't the actual issuer of credit cards or offers of credit cards, they are a franchise dealer of the Master Card credit cards and the products and services it provides. When you apply for Master Card credit cards from your local bank or lending institution, the bank is the merchant that deals with MasterCard and its network to get the credit card for you. The individual bank is the one that sets the interest rates and fees, which is why no two institutions will offer the same deal. Some may offer balance transfers, cash advances or cashback while another will not. It's up to the individual lender or credit card company.

Because of the popularity of Master Card, student credit cards under the MasterCard name are offered all over the world in banks, financial institutions, airlines, charitable organizations, universities, hotels and more. MasterCard has been well known for the many benefits it offers consumers owning their credit cards. MasterCard, along with Visa, have helped bring the credit card industry to the high standards where it is today. Regardless of where you go for credit cards, you are going to find MasterCard as one of their most popular credit cards.