Mastercard opens second Dublin office and expands European payments

Mastercard has opened a second office at its Leopardstown campus in Dublin, where it employs more than 2,000 people. The company plans to bring all components of local transactions into Europe by 2030, and all new European Mastercard cards issued from next year will support offline payments.

• Mastercard's Dublin workforce grew from 36 in 2008 to over 2,000
• All components of local transactions to move into Europe by 2030
• New European Mastercard cards will support offline payments from 2027
• Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Estonia are rolling out offline payments