Mastercard Europe
EU lobbying footprint — who they meet, and on what. Built only from official disclosures, every meeting cited.
Mastercard Europe has 132 disclosed EU lobbying meetings from 2019-09-18 to 2026-10-15: 85 with the European Commission and 47 with Members of the European Parliament. Source: EU Transparency Register no. 58204758673-16, Commission disclosures and MEP declarations.
Lobbying profile
as declared 2026-02-13- Category
- Companies & groups
- Legal status
- SA
- Declared lobbying cost
- €800,000
- Lobbying FTEs
- 2.75
- Members
- 3
Files it’s lobbying on
The org's disclosed policy areas, ranked by number of meetings.
Declared fields of interest
Banking and financial services · Borders and security · Budget · Business and industry · Climate action · Communication · Competition · Consumers · Digital economy and society · Economy, finance and the euro · Education and training · Employment and social affairs
At a glance
The officials and MEPs most often met, by disclosed-meeting count.
- Nicolo Brignoli4
- Eric Ducoulombier4
- John Berrigan4
- Werner Stengg3
- Mairead McGuinness3
Disclosed meetings
Newest first, showing the most recent 60 of 132. EC = European Commission, EP = Member of the European Parliament.
- 2026-10-15ECJan Ceyssens · Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika RoswallSustainability, Innovation and the Digital Economysource ↗
- Presentation of Position on Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA)source ↗
- Exchange on European financial and digital policy prioritiessource ↗
- 2026-08-25ECNicolo Brignoli · Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis DombrovskisDigital Financesource ↗
- 2026-06-30ECRenate Nikolay · Deputy Director-GeneralExchange of views on developments in AI in payments, including fraud and risk management issues, the rise of agentic commerce and its interaction with the Payment Services Regulation (PSR), the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the AI Act.source ↗
- 2026-06-30ECDaniela Bankier · Head of UnitExchange of views on the future of digital commerce and the digitalisation of financial servicessource ↗
- 2026-06-30ECAstrid Cousin · DirectorExchange of views on latest AI Mastercard use cases in payments and regulatory issues.source ↗
- 2026-06-17ECJoachim Herrmann · Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrathExchange of view on EU regulation and digital policysource ↗
- 2026-06-16ECAlice Guedel · Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís AlbuquerqueDevelopments in the company and payments marketssource ↗
- 2026-06-16ECNicolo Brignoli · Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis DombrovskisFinancial sector, competitivenesssource ↗
- 2026-06-16ECMichael Hager · Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis DombrovskisFinancial sector, competitivenesssource ↗
- 2026-06-16ECCristina Dias · Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís AlbuquerqueDevelopments in the company and payments marketssource ↗
- 2026-06-10ECFrancesco Zoia Bolzonello · Cabinet of Commissioner Hadja LahbibPresent Mastercard’s initiatives supporting inclusive and secure participation, in particular for vulnerable or underserved groups.source ↗
- 2026-06-10ECEva Schultz · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Roxana MînzatuGlobal strategies on diversity, equality and inclusionsource ↗
- ECON Filessource ↗
- Digital Omnibussource ↗
- Current developments in the payment services marketsource ↗
- AI Omnibussource ↗
- 2026-02-25ECAnna Panagopoulou · Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos TzitzikostasSTRATEGIC DIALOGUE ON THE EU SUSTAINABLE TOURISM STRATEGYsource ↗
- 2026-02-25ECApostolos Tzitzikostas · Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos TzitzikostasSTRATEGIC DIALOGUE ON THE EU SUSTAINABLE TOURISM STRATEGYsource ↗
- 2026-02-25ECPierpaolo Settembri · Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos TzitzikostasSTRATEGIC DIALOGUE ON THE EU SUSTAINABLE TOURISM STRATEGYsource ↗
- 2026-02-19ECEric Ducoulombier · Acting DirectorDiscussion on legislative framework on paymentssource ↗
- 2026-02-13ECUrsula von der Leyen · Cabinet of President Ursula von der LeyenPayment systems and cyber resilience in Europesource ↗
- 2026-02-13ECMichael Hager · Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis DombrovskisCompetitiveness of the EU financial sector, digital eurosource ↗
- 2026-02-13ECValdis Dombrovskis · Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis DombrovskisCompetitiveness of the EU financial sector, digital eurosource ↗
- 2026-02-11ECManuel Mateo Goyet · Acting Head of UnitMastercard’s Data Centre and Cloud servicessource ↗
- Mastercard Strive EU Small Business Summitsource ↗
- 2026-01-09ECGert Jan Koopman · Director-GeneralMastercard Europe requested a meeting to share developments from Mastercard in the ENEST regionsource ↗
- Preparation of Mastercard Strive Eventsource ↗
- Digital eurosource ↗
- 2025-10-15ECMaria Zafra Saura · Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrathData protectionsource ↗
- 2025-10-10ECMattias Levin · Acting Head of UnitBrief discussion of outstanding issues in proposed framework for financial data access in light of ongoing interinstitutional negotiations with a particular focus on fraud protection.source ↗
- Impact CEE Bucharest 2025source ↗
- Educazione finanziaria e sensibilizzazione utentisource ↗
- 2025-06-12ECMaria Raffaella Assetta · Head of UnitCourtesy visitsource ↗
- 2025-06-12ECIoan-Dragos Tudorache · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane SéjournéE-commerce and AI policy in the EUsource ↗
- 2025-06-12ECEric Ducoulombier · Acting DirectorCourtesy visitsource ↗
- 2025-06-10ECIoana-Maria Gligor · Head of UnitExchange of views on EU digital policysource ↗
- 2025-05-20ECMichael McGrath · Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrathExchange on simplification, data protection and online fraud preventionsource ↗
- 2025-05-20ECMaria Zafra Saura · Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrathExchange on simplification, data protection and online fraud preventionsource ↗
- 2025-05-20ECEgelyn Braun · Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrathExchange on simplification, data protection and online fraud preventionsource ↗
- 2025-05-19ECValdis Dombrovskis · Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis DombrovskisDigital eurosource ↗
- 2025-05-19ECNicolo Brignoli · Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis DombrovskisDigital eurosource ↗
- Roadmap to more competitive European SMEssource ↗
- 2025-05-08ECEric Ducoulombier · Acting DirectorDiscussed innovative, evolving retail paymentssource ↗
- Euro Digitalsource ↗
- Economic priorities and digital eurosource ↗
- Electronic payments, Data protection, and Cybersecuritysource ↗
- ECONsource ↗
- Digital eurosource ↗
- Digital Eurosource ↗
- AI in Financial Servicessource ↗
- 2025-03-25ECMattias Levin · Acting Head of UnitDiscussion on the Financial Information Data Access proposal (FIDA) and the AI frameworksource ↗
- Meeting with Mastercardsource ↗
- 2025-03-06ECEric Ducoulombier · Head of UnitGeneral catch-up on payments priorities and filessource ↗
- 2025-03-05ECCristina Dias · Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís AlbuquerqueMastercard Europe presented their company and activities, sharing an overview of the different services they offer.source ↗
- 2025-03-05ECAlice Guedel · Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís AlbuquerqueMastercard Europe presented their company and activities, sharing an overview of the different services they offer.source ↗
- payment service legislation (PSD3/PSR)source ↗
- 2025-02-18ECHubert Gambs · Deputy Director-GeneralPresentation of Mastercard’s activities with a view to SMEs and potential link to the work of the European Commissionsource ↗
- 2025-02-18ECMarlene Rosemarie Madsen · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna VirkkunenCompetitiveness and cybersecurity and digital agenda in the European Unionsource ↗
Frequently asked
How many EU lobbying meetings has Mastercard Europe disclosed?
Mastercard Europe (EU Transparency Register no. 58204758673-16) appears in 132 disclosed meetings with EU officials and MEPs between 2019-09-18 and 2026-10-15: 85 with the European Commission and 47 with Members of the European Parliament.
What does Mastercard Europe lobby on?
Mastercard Europe's disclosed EU meetings most often concern Technology, Climate, Finance, Social. Every meeting and its topic is listed with its official source on this page.
Who does Mastercard Europe meet in Brussels?
Across its disclosed meetings, Mastercard Europe has met Commission officials including Nicolo Brignoli, Eric Ducoulombier, John Berrigan, and MEPs including NEGRESCU Victor, BENJUMEA BENJUMEA Isabel, HANSEN Niels Flemming. These are counts of officially disclosed meetings, not a measure of influence.
Primary sources
Every meeting above is a public disclosure by the European Commission or a Member of the European Parliament; counts are of disclosed meetings only and are not a measure of influence. Methodology. Data © European Union (Decision 2011/833/EU) & the European Parliament.
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