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MasterCard to open a technology office in Dublin

Thursday 23 February 2012 00:11 CET | News

MasterCard has revealed plans to open a new office in Dublin, Ireland for its technology operations. The expansion, which is supported by IDA Ireland, an agency responsible for industrial development across the country, will create another 130 jobs until 2016 and will bring the total number of people employed by MasterCard in Ireland to approximately 200.

The new expansion focuses on Dublin technology team members, including:
• MasterCard Labs - Dublin is already one of the four key locations for MasterCard Labs, the companys research and development function;
• Center for Java Development - the Dublin office has been designated as MasterCards Center for Java Development, one of the predominant programming languages for e-commerce, mobile and other emerging payment technologies;
• inControl - MasterCard inControl is a product which MasterCard offers to help customers and cardholders set custom controls on the usage of their credit, debit and prepaid cards.

MasterCard already has an office in Dublin, which was opened in 2008, when it bought technology company Orbiscom.

In recent news, MasterCard has entered an exclusive partnership with Silver Tail Systems, a provider of predictive analytics for fraud detection and prevention, to leverage and develop new services to fight online fraud.
 


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