MasterCard Worldwide today announced its second quarter 2008 operating results for the Europe region. The region reported double digit growth in MasterCard gross dollar volume (17.8%), purchase volume (18.6%), purchase transactions (13.7%), cash transactions (11.6%) and cards issued (16.5%), compared to the same period in 2007.
As of 30 June 2008, 191 million MasterCard cards (excluding Maestro® and Cirrus®) had been issued by MasterCard customer financial institutions across Europe. European cardholders made more than 1.5 billion purchase transactions in the second quarter of 2008 and could use their MasterCard cards at 7.7 million acceptance locations in the region.
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As of 30 June 2008, 191 million MasterCard cards (excluding Maestro® and Cirrus®) had been issued by MasterCard customer financial institutions across Europe. European cardholders made more than 1.5 billion purchase transactions in the second quarter of 2008 and could use their MasterCard cards at 7.7 million acceptance locations in the region.
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