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MA: third_quarter 2026 lobbying report

Issues related to interchange, cost of acceptance, debit interchange price controls, and routing mandates for credit cards. Issues related to payments tokenization and card security. HR 7035; S 3263.

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Became public
Oct 19, 2026, 3:10 PM EDT
Event / period date
Not stated
Collected
Nov 8, 2026, 6:37 PM EST

Why this is connected

Exact legal-name match: Mastercard Inc (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141391/).

Reported lobbying amounts

Income: $45,000.00

These are different reporting measures. They are not added together or treated as spending on one particular bill.

Source evidence

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