Mastercard Business Segments — Information Technology and Data Processing increased by 2.0% to $349.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 19.5%, from $292.00M to $349.00M. Over 3 years (FY 2022 to FY 2025), Business Segments — Information Technology and Data Processing shows an upward trend with a 11.2% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
An increase reflects ongoing investment in infrastructure, while efficiency gains may lower this cost relative to transaction volume.
This metric tracks the costs associated with maintaining the IT infrastructure, data centers, and software systems requi...
Comparable to technology and data processing expenses in other high-volume transaction processing firms.
ma_segment_payment_solutions_information_technology_and_data_processing| Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $231.50M | $231.50M | $231.50M | $231.50M | $252.00M | $252.00M | $252.00M | $252.00M | $263.00M | $278.00M | $279.00M | $299.00M | $292.00M | $314.00M | $324.00M | $342.00M | $349.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +8.9% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +4.4% | +5.7% | +0.4% | +7.2% | -2.3% | +7.5% | +3.2% | +5.6% | +2.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +8.9% | +8.9% | +8.9% | +8.9% | +4.4% | +10.3% | +10.7% | +18.7% | +11.0% | +12.9% | +16.1% | +14.4% | +19.5% |