3.25.4 html 410 579 1 false 152 0 false 12 false false R1.htm 0000001 - Document - Cover Page Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/CoverPage Cover Page Cover 1 false false R2.htm 0000002 - Document - Audit Information Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/AuditInformation Audit Information Cover 2 false false R3.htm 9952151 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Operations Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/ConsolidatedStatementsofOperations Consolidated Statements of Operations Statements 3 false false R4.htm 9952152 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/ConsolidatedStatementsofComprehensiveIncome Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income Statements 4 false false R5.htm 9952153 - Statement - Consolidated Balance Sheets Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/ConsolidatedBalanceSheets Consolidated Balance Sheets Statements 5 false false R6.htm 9952154 - Statement - Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/ConsolidatedBalanceSheetsParenthetical Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) Statements 6 false false R7.htm 9952155 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/ConsolidatedStatementsofChangesinEquity Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity Statements 7 false false R8.htm 9952156 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/ConsolidatedStatementsofCashFlows Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Statements 8 false false R9.htm 9952157 - Disclosure - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/SummaryofSignificantAccountingPolicies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Notes 9 false false R10.htm 9952158 - Disclosure - Acquisitions Business Combination Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/AcquisitionsBusinessCombination Acquisitions Business Combination Notes 10 false false R11.htm 9952159 - Disclosure - Revenue Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/Revenue Revenue Notes 11 false false R12.htm 9952160 - Disclosure - Earnings Per Share Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/EarningsPerShare Earnings Per Share Notes 12 false false R13.htm 9952161 - Disclosure - Investments Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/Investments Investments Notes 13 false false R14.htm 9952162 - Disclosure - Fair Value Measurements Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/FairValueMeasurements Fair Value Measurements Notes 14 false false R15.htm 9952163 - Disclosure - Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/PrepaidExpensesandOtherAssets Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets Notes 15 false false R16.htm 9952164 - Disclosure - Property, Equipment and Right-of-Use Assets Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/PropertyEquipmentandRightofUseAssets Property, Equipment and Right-of-Use Assets Notes 16 false false R17.htm 9952165 - Disclosure - Goodwill Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/Goodwill Goodwill Notes 17 false false R18.htm 9952166 - Disclosure - Other Intangible Assets Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/OtherIntangibleAssets Other Intangible Assets Notes 18 false false R19.htm 9952167 - Disclosure - Accrued Expenses Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/AccruedExpenses Accrued Expenses Notes 19 false false R20.htm 9952168 - Disclosure - Pension, Postretirement and Savings Plans Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/PensionPostretirementandSavingsPlans Pension, Postretirement and Savings Plans Notes 20 false false R21.htm 9952169 - Disclosure - Debt Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/Debt Debt Notes 21 false false R22.htm 9952170 - Disclosure - Stockholders' Equity Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/StockholdersEquity Stockholders' Equity Notes 22 false false R23.htm 9952171 - Disclosure - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLoss Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Notes 23 false false R24.htm 9952172 - Disclosure - Share-Based Payments Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/ShareBasedPayments Share-Based Payments Notes 24 false false R25.htm 9952173 - Disclosure - Commitments Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/Commitments Commitments Notes 25 false false R26.htm 9952174 - Disclosure - Income Taxes Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/IncomeTaxes Income Taxes Notes 26 false false R27.htm 9952175 - Disclosure - Legal and Regulatory Proceedings Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/LegalandRegulatoryProceedings Legal and Regulatory Proceedings Notes 27 false false R28.htm 9952176 - Disclosure - Settlement and Other Risk Management Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/SettlementandOtherRiskManagement Settlement and Other Risk Management Notes 28 false false R29.htm 9952177 - Disclosure - Derivative and Hedging Instruments Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/DerivativeandHedgingInstruments Derivative and Hedging Instruments Notes 29 false false R30.htm 9952178 - Disclosure - Segment Reporting Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/SegmentReporting Segment Reporting Notes 30 false false R31.htm 995445 - Disclosure - Insider Trading Arrangements Sheet http://xbrl.sec.gov/ecd/role/InsiderTradingArrangements Insider Trading Arrangements Notes 31 false false R32.htm 995447 - Disclosure - Insider Trading Policies and Procedures Sheet http://xbrl.sec.gov/ecd/role/InsiderTradingPoliciesProc Insider Trading Policies and Procedures Notes 32 false false R33.htm 995550 - Disclosure - Cybersecurity Risk Management and Strategy Disclosure Sheet http://xbrl.sec.gov/cyd/role/CybersecurityRiskManagementAndStrategyDisclosure Cybersecurity Risk Management and Strategy Disclosure Notes 33 false false R34.htm 9955511 - Disclosure - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policy) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/SummaryofSignificantAccountingPoliciesPolicy Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policy) Policies http://www.mastercard.us/role/SummaryofSignificantAccountingPolicies 34 false false R35.htm 9955512 - Disclosure - Property, Plant, and Equipment (Policies) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/PropertyPlantandEquipmentPolicies Property, Plant, and Equipment (Policies) Policies http://www.mastercard.us/role/SummaryofSignificantAccountingPolicies 35 false false R36.htm 9955513 - Disclosure - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/SummaryofSignificantAccountingPoliciesTables Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/SummaryofSignificantAccountingPolicies 36 false false R37.htm 9955514 - Disclosure - Acquisitions Business Combination (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/AcquisitionsBusinessCombinationTables Acquisitions Business Combination (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/AcquisitionsBusinessCombination 37 false false R38.htm 9955515 - Disclosure - Revenue (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/RevenueTables Revenue (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/Revenue 38 false false R39.htm 9955516 - Disclosure - Earnings Per Share (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/EarningsPerShareTables Earnings Per Share (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/EarningsPerShare 39 false false R40.htm 9955517 - Disclosure - Investments (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/InvestmentsTables Investments (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/Investments 40 false false R41.htm 9955518 - Disclosure - Fair Value Measurements (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/FairValueMeasurementsTables Fair Value Measurements (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/FairValueMeasurements 41 false false R42.htm 9955519 - Disclosure - Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/PrepaidExpensesandOtherAssetsTables Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/PrepaidExpensesandOtherAssets 42 false false R43.htm 9955520 - Disclosure - Property, Equipment and Right-of-Use Assets (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/PropertyEquipmentandRightofUseAssetsTables Property, Equipment and Right-of-Use Assets (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/PropertyEquipmentandRightofUseAssets 43 false false R44.htm 9955521 - Disclosure - Goodwill (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/GoodwillTables Goodwill (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/Goodwill 44 false false R45.htm 9955522 - Disclosure - Other Intangible Assets (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/OtherIntangibleAssetsTables Other Intangible Assets (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/OtherIntangibleAssets 45 false false R46.htm 9955523 - Disclosure - Accrued Expenses (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/AccruedExpensesTables Accrued Expenses (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/AccruedExpenses 46 false false R47.htm 9955524 - Disclosure - Pension, Postretirement and Savings Plans (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/PensionPostretirementandSavingsPlansTables Pension, Postretirement and Savings Plans (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/PensionPostretirementandSavingsPlans 47 false false R48.htm 9955525 - Disclosure - Debt (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/DebtTables Debt (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/Debt 48 false false R49.htm 9955526 - Disclosure - Stockholders' Equity (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/StockholdersEquityTables Stockholders' Equity (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/StockholdersEquity 49 false false R50.htm 9955527 - Disclosure - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTables Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLoss 50 false false R51.htm 9955528 - Disclosure - Share-Based Payments (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/ShareBasedPaymentsTables Share-Based Payments (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/ShareBasedPayments 51 false false R52.htm 9955529 - Disclosure - Commitments (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/CommitmentsTables Commitments (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/Commitments 52 false false R53.htm 9955530 - Disclosure - Income Taxes (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/IncomeTaxesTables Income Taxes (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/IncomeTaxes 53 false false R54.htm 9955531 - Disclosure - Settlement and Other Risk Management (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/SettlementandOtherRiskManagementTables Settlement and Other Risk Management (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/SettlementandOtherRiskManagement 54 false false R55.htm 9955532 - Disclosure - Derivative and Hedging Instruments (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/DerivativeandHedgingInstrumentsTables Derivative and Hedging Instruments (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/DerivativeandHedgingInstruments 55 false false R56.htm 9955533 - Disclosure - Segment Reporting (Tables) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/SegmentReportingTables Segment Reporting (Tables) Tables http://www.mastercard.us/role/SegmentReporting 56 false false R57.htm 9955534 - Disclosure - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Narrative (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/SummaryofSignificantAccountingPoliciesNarrativeDetails Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Narrative (Details) Details http://www.mastercard.us/role/SummaryofSignificantAccountingPoliciesTables 57 false false R58.htm 9955535 - Disclosure - Acquisitions Narrative (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/AcquisitionsNarrativeDetails Acquisitions Narrative (Details) Details 58 false false R59.htm 9955536 - Disclosure - Acquisitions - Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/AcquisitionsScheduleofRecognizedIdentifiedAssetsAcquiredandLiabilitiesAssumedDetails Acquisitions - Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed (Details) Details 59 false false R60.htm 9955537 - Disclosure - Acquisitions - Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/AcquisitionsScheduleofFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAcquiredasPartofBusinessCombinationDetails Acquisitions - Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination (Details) Details 60 false false R61.htm 9955538 - Disclosure - Revenue - Disaggregation of Revenues (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/RevenueDisaggregationofRevenuesDetails Revenue - Disaggregation of Revenues (Details) Details 61 false false R62.htm 9955539 - Disclosure - Revenue - Narrative (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/RevenueNarrativeDetails Revenue - Narrative (Details) Details 62 false false R63.htm 9955540 - Disclosure - Revenue Narrative - Remaining Performance Obligation Narrative (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/RevenueNarrativeRemainingPerformanceObligationNarrativeDetails Revenue Narrative - Remaining Performance Obligation Narrative (Details) Details 63 false false R64.htm 9955541 - Disclosure - Earnings Per Share Schedule of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/EarningsPerShareScheduleofBasicandDilutedEarningsPerShareDetails Earnings Per Share Schedule of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Details) Details 64 false false R65.htm 9955542 - Disclosure - Investments - Investments (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/InvestmentsInvestmentsDetails Investments - Investments (Details) Details 65 false false R66.htm 9955543 - Disclosure - Investments - Maturity Distribution Based on Contractual Terms of Investment Securities (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/InvestmentsMaturityDistributionBasedonContractualTermsofInvestmentSecuritiesDetails Investments - Maturity Distribution Based on Contractual Terms of Investment Securities (Details) Details 66 false false R67.htm 9955544 - Disclosure - Investments - Equity Investments (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/InvestmentsEquityInvestmentsDetails Investments - Equity Investments (Details) Details 67 false false R68.htm 9955545 - Disclosure - Investments - Equity Securities without Readily Determinable Fair Value (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/InvestmentsEquitySecuritieswithoutReadilyDeterminableFairValueDetails Investments - Equity Securities without Readily Determinable Fair Value (Details) Details 68 false false R69.htm 9955546 - Disclosure - Investments - Carrying Value of Measurement Alternative Investments (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/InvestmentsCarryingValueofMeasurementAlternativeInvestmentsDetails Investments - Carrying Value of Measurement Alternative Investments (Details) Details 69 false false R70.htm 9955547 - Disclosure - Investments - Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in the Carrying Value of Measurement Alternative Investments and Marketable Securities (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/InvestmentsUnrealizedGainsLossesIncludedintheCarryingValueofMeasurementAlternativeInvestmentsandMarketableSecuritiesDetails Investments - Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in the Carrying Value of Measurement Alternative Investments and Marketable Securities (Details) Details 70 false false R71.htm 9955548 - Disclosure - Fair Value Measurements - Distribution of Financial Instruments, Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/FairValueMeasurementsDistributionofFinancialInstrumentsMeasuredatFairValueonaRecurringBasisDetails Fair Value Measurements - Distribution of Financial Instruments, Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis (Details) Details 71 false false R72.htm 9955549 - Disclosure - Fair Value Measurements - Narrative Fair Value (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/FairValueMeasurementsNarrativeFairValueDetails Fair Value Measurements - Narrative Fair Value (Details) Details 72 false false R73.htm 9955550 - Disclosure - Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets Schedule of Prepaid Expenses (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/PrepaidExpensesandOtherAssetsScheduleofPrepaidExpensesDetails Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets Schedule of Prepaid Expenses (Details) Details 73 false false R74.htm 9955551 - Disclosure - Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets Schedule of Other Assets (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/PrepaidExpensesandOtherAssetsScheduleofOtherAssetsDetails Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets Schedule of Other Assets (Details) Details 74 false false R75.htm 9955552 - Disclosure - Property, Equipment, and Right-of-Use Assets (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/PropertyEquipmentandRightofUseAssetsDetails Property, Equipment, and Right-of-Use Assets (Details) Details 75 false false R76.htm 9955553 - Disclosure - Property, Equipment and Right-of-Use Assets - Narrative (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/PropertyEquipmentandRightofUseAssetsNarrativeDetails Property, Equipment and Right-of-Use Assets - Narrative (Details) Details 76 false false R77.htm 9955554 - Disclosure - Property, Equipment and Right-of-Use Assets - Operating Right-of-Use Assets and Operating Lease Liabilities (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/PropertyEquipmentandRightofUseAssetsOperatingRightofUseAssetsandOperatingLeaseLiabilitiesDetails Property, Equipment and Right-of-Use Assets - Operating Right-of-Use Assets and Operating Lease Liabilities (Details) Details 77 false false R78.htm 9955555 - Disclosure - Property, Equipment and Right-of-Use Assets - Estimated Useful Lives (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/PropertyEquipmentandRightofUseAssetsEstimatedUsefulLivesDetails Property, Equipment and Right-of-Use Assets - Estimated Useful Lives (Details) Details 78 false false R79.htm 9955556 - Disclosure - Property, Equipment and Right-of-Use Assets - Maturities of Operating Lease Liabilities (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/PropertyEquipmentandRightofUseAssetsMaturitiesofOperatingLeaseLiabilitiesDetails Property, Equipment and Right-of-Use Assets - Maturities of Operating Lease Liabilities (Details) Details 79 false false R80.htm 9955557 - Disclosure - Change in Carrying Amount of Goodwill (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/ChangeinCarryingAmountofGoodwillDetails Change in Carrying Amount of Goodwill (Details) Details 80 false false R81.htm 9955558 - Disclosure - Other Intangible Assets (Schedule of Intangible Assets) (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/OtherIntangibleAssetsScheduleofIntangibleAssetsDetails Other Intangible Assets (Schedule of Intangible Assets) (Details) Details http://www.mastercard.us/role/OtherIntangibleAssetsTables 81 false false R82.htm 9955559 - Disclosure - Other Intangible Assets (Narrative) (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/OtherIntangibleAssetsNarrativeDetails Other Intangible Assets (Narrative) (Details) Details http://www.mastercard.us/role/OtherIntangibleAssetsTables 82 false false R83.htm 9955560 - Disclosure - Other Intangible Assets (Schedule of Estimated Future Amortization Expense) (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/OtherIntangibleAssetsScheduleofEstimatedFutureAmortizationExpenseDetails Other Intangible Assets (Schedule of Estimated Future Amortization Expense) (Details) Details http://www.mastercard.us/role/OtherIntangibleAssetsTables 83 false false R84.htm 9955561 - Disclosure - Accrued Expenses (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/AccruedExpensesDetails Accrued Expenses (Details) Details http://www.mastercard.us/role/AccruedExpensesTables 84 false false R85.htm 9955562 - Disclosure - Accrued Expenses and (Narrative) (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/AccruedExpensesandNarrativeDetails Accrued Expenses and (Narrative) (Details) Details http://www.mastercard.us/role/AccruedExpensesTables 85 false false R86.htm 9955563 - Disclosure - Pension, Postretirement and Savings Plans - Narrative (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/PensionPostretirementandSavingsPlansNarrativeDetails Pension, Postretirement and Savings Plans - Narrative (Details) Details 86 false false R87.htm 9955564 - Disclosure - Pension, Postretirement and Savings Plans (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/PensionPostretirementandSavingsPlansDetails Pension, Postretirement and Savings Plans (Details) Details http://www.mastercard.us/role/PensionPostretirementandSavingsPlansTables 87 false false R88.htm 9955565 - Disclosure - Debt - Schedule of Long-term Debt (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/DebtScheduleofLongtermDebtDetails Debt - Schedule of Long-term Debt (Details) Details 88 false false R89.htm 9955566 - Disclosure - Debt - Narrative (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/DebtNarrativeDetails Debt - Narrative (Details) Details 89 false false R90.htm 9955567 - Disclosure - Debt - Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/DebtScheduleofMaturitiesofLongtermDebtDetails Debt - Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt (Details) Details 90 false false R91.htm 9955568 - Disclosure - Stockholders' Equity (Narrative) (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/StockholdersEquityNarrativeDetails Stockholders' Equity (Narrative) (Details) Details http://www.mastercard.us/role/StockholdersEquityTables 91 false false R92.htm 9955569 - Disclosure - Stockholders' Equity (Schedule of Classes of Capital Stock) (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/StockholdersEquityScheduleofClassesofCapitalStockDetails Stockholders' Equity (Schedule of Classes of Capital Stock) (Details) Details http://www.mastercard.us/role/StockholdersEquityTables 92 false false R93.htm 9955570 - Disclosure - Stockholders' Equity - Dividends Declared (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/StockholdersEquityDividendsDeclaredDetails Stockholders' Equity - Dividends Declared (Details) Details 93 false false R94.htm 9955571 - Disclosure - Stockholders' Equity - Statement of Changes in Common Shares Outstanding (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/StockholdersEquityStatementofChangesinCommonSharesOutstandingDetails Stockholders' Equity - Statement of Changes in Common Shares Outstanding (Details) Details 94 false false R95.htm 9955572 - Disclosure - Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Share Repurchase Authorization (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/StockholdersEquitySummaryofShareRepurchaseAuthorizationDetails Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Share Repurchase Authorization (Details) Details 95 false false R96.htm 9955573 - Disclosure - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossDetails Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details) Details http://www.mastercard.us/role/AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTables 96 false false R97.htm 9955574 - Disclosure - Share-Based Payments - Narrative (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/ShareBasedPaymentsNarrativeDetails Share-Based Payments - Narrative (Details) Details 97 false false R98.htm 9955575 - Disclosure - Share-Based Payments (Schedule of Weighted-Average Assumptions Used in the Valuation of Awards) (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/ShareBasedPaymentsScheduleofWeightedAverageAssumptionsUsedintheValuationofAwardsDetails Share-Based Payments (Schedule of Weighted-Average Assumptions Used in the Valuation of Awards) (Details) Details http://www.mastercard.us/role/ShareBasedPaymentsTables 98 false false R99.htm 9955576 - Disclosure - Share-Based Payments (Summary of Stock Option Activity) (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/ShareBasedPaymentsSummaryofStockOptionActivityDetails Share-Based Payments (Summary of Stock Option Activity) (Details) Details http://www.mastercard.us/role/ShareBasedPaymentsTables 99 false false R100.htm 9955577 - Disclosure - Share-Based Payments (Summary of Restricted Stock Unit and Performance Stock Activity) (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/ShareBasedPaymentsSummaryofRestrictedStockUnitandPerformanceStockActivityDetails Share-Based Payments (Summary of Restricted Stock Unit and Performance Stock Activity) (Details) Details http://www.mastercard.us/role/ShareBasedPaymentsTables 100 false false R101.htm 9955578 - Disclosure - Share-Based Payments Schedule of Additional Share-Based Payment Information (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/ShareBasedPaymentsScheduleofAdditionalShareBasedPaymentInformationDetails Share-Based Payments Schedule of Additional Share-Based Payment Information (Details) Details 101 false false R102.htm 9955579 - Disclosure - Commitments Future Minimum Payments Due Under Non-Cancelable Agreements (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/CommitmentsFutureMinimumPaymentsDueUnderNonCancelableAgreementsDetails Commitments Future Minimum Payments Due Under Non-Cancelable Agreements (Details) Details 102 false false R103.htm 9955580 - Disclosure - Income Taxes Schedule of Domestic and Foreign Earnings (Loss) Before Income Taxes (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/IncomeTaxesScheduleofDomesticandForeignEarningsLossBeforeIncomeTaxesDetails Income Taxes Schedule of Domestic and Foreign Earnings (Loss) Before Income Taxes (Details) Details 103 false false R104.htm 9955581 - Disclosure - Income Taxes Components of Income Tax Provision (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/IncomeTaxesComponentsofIncomeTaxProvisionDetails Income Taxes Components of Income Tax Provision (Details) Details 104 false false R105.htm 9955582 - Disclosure - Income Taxes Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/IncomeTaxesScheduleofEffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDetails Income Taxes Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation (Details) Details 105 false false R106.htm 9955583 - Disclosure - Income Taxes Narrative (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/IncomeTaxesNarrativeDetails Income Taxes Narrative (Details) Details 106 false false R107.htm 9955584 - Disclosure - Income Taxes - Schedule of Income Taxes Paid (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/IncomeTaxesScheduleofIncomeTaxesPaidDetails Income Taxes - Schedule of Income Taxes Paid (Details) Details 107 false false R108.htm 9955585 - Disclosure - Income Taxes Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/IncomeTaxesScheduleofDeferredTaxAssetsandLiabilitiesDetails Income Taxes Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details) Details 108 false false R109.htm 9955586 - Disclosure - Income Taxes Summary of Changes to Valuation Allowance on Deferred Tax Assets (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/IncomeTaxesSummaryofChangestoValuationAllowanceonDeferredTaxAssetsDetails Income Taxes Summary of Changes to Valuation Allowance on Deferred Tax Assets (Details) Details 109 false false R110.htm 9955587 - Disclosure - Income Taxes Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Tax Benefits (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/IncomeTaxesReconciliationofBeginningandEndingTaxBenefitsDetails Income Taxes Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Tax Benefits (Details) Details 110 false false R111.htm 9955588 - Disclosure - Legal and Regulatory Proceedings (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/LegalandRegulatoryProceedingsDetails Legal and Regulatory Proceedings (Details) Details http://www.mastercard.us/role/LegalandRegulatoryProceedings 111 false false R112.htm 9955589 - Disclosure - Settlement and Other Risk Management Estimated Settlement Exposure and Portion of Uncollateralized Settlement Exposure for MasterCard-Branded Transactions (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/SettlementandOtherRiskManagementEstimatedSettlementExposureandPortionofUncollateralizedSettlementExposureforMasterCardBrandedTransactionsDetails Settlement and Other Risk Management Estimated Settlement Exposure and Portion of Uncollateralized Settlement Exposure for MasterCard-Branded Transactions (Details) Details 112 false false R113.htm 9955590 - Disclosure - Derivative and Hedging Instruments - Narrative (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/DerivativeandHedgingInstrumentsNarrativeDetails Derivative and Hedging Instruments - Narrative (Details) Details 113 false false R114.htm 9955591 - Disclosure - Derivative and Hedging Instruments - Fair Value of Company's Derivative Financial Instruments (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/DerivativeandHedgingInstrumentsFairValueofCompanysDerivativeFinancialInstrumentsDetails Derivative and Hedging Instruments - Fair Value of Company's Derivative Financial Instruments (Details) Details 114 false false R115.htm 9955592 - Disclosure - Derivative and Hedging Instruments - Gain (Loss) Related to the Company's Derivative Financial Instruments Designated as Hedging Instruments (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/DerivativeandHedgingInstrumentsGainLossRelatedtotheCompanysDerivativeFinancialInstrumentsDesignatedasHedgingInstrumentsDetails Derivative and Hedging Instruments - Gain (Loss) Related to the Company's Derivative Financial Instruments Designated as Hedging Instruments (Details) Details http://www.mastercard.us/role/DerivativeandHedgingInstrumentsTables 115 false false R116.htm 9955593 - Disclosure - Derivative and Hedging Instruments - Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income for the Contracts to Purchase and Sell Foreign Currency Summary (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/DerivativeandHedgingInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedinIncomefortheContractstoPurchaseandSellForeignCurrencySummaryDetails Derivative and Hedging Instruments - Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income for the Contracts to Purchase and Sell Foreign Currency Summary (Details) Details http://www.mastercard.us/role/DerivativeandHedgingInstrumentsTables 116 false false R117.htm 9955594 - Disclosure - Segment Reporting - Narrative (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/SegmentReportingNarrativeDetails Segment Reporting - Narrative (Details) Details 117 false false R118.htm 9955595 - Disclosure - Segment Reporting - Selected Segment Information (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/SegmentReportingSelectedSegmentInformationDetails Segment Reporting - Selected Segment Information (Details) Details 118 false false R119.htm 9955596 - Disclosure - Segment Reporting - Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment, Net by Geographical Location (Details) Sheet http://www.mastercard.us/role/SegmentReportingScheduleofPropertyPlantandEquipmentNetbyGeographicalLocationDetails Segment Reporting - Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment, Net by Geographical Location (Details) Details 119 false false All Reports Book All Reports ma-20251231.htm ma-20251231.xsd ma-20251231_cal.xml ma-20251231_def.xml ma-20251231_lab.xml ma-20251231_pre.xml ma-20251231_g1.jpg ma-20251231_g10.jpg ma-20251231_g11.jpg ma-20251231_g12.jpg ma-20251231_g13.jpg ma-20251231_g14.jpg ma-20251231_g15.jpg ma-20251231_g16.jpg ma-20251231_g17.jpg ma-20251231_g18.jpg ma-20251231_g19.jpg ma-20251231_g2.jpg ma-20251231_g20.jpg ma-20251231_g21.jpg ma-20251231_g22.jpg ma-20251231_g23.jpg ma-20251231_g24.jpg ma-20251231_g25.jpg ma-20251231_g26.jpg ma-20251231_g27.jpg ma-20251231_g28.jpg ma-20251231_g3.jpg ma-20251231_g4.jpg ma-20251231_g5.jpg ma-20251231_g6.jpg ma-20251231_g7.jpg ma-20251231_g8.jpg ma-20251231_g9.jpg http://fasb.org/srt/2025 http://fasb.org/us-gaap/2025 http://xbrl.sec.gov/cyd/2025 http://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025 http://xbrl.sec.gov/ecd/2025 true true