MC EUROPE Q1
MasterCard’s (MC) Europe region Purchase Dollar Volume (PDV) rose year-on-year (Y/Y) by 11.0% on a local currency basis in the first quarter (Q1/14) to US$212 billion. The average purchase ticket in MC Europe region has declined 6.7% Y/Y. One-year ago it stood at US$70.01, compared to US$68.05 in Q4/13 and US$65.29 in Q1/14, according to CardData. MC has 334 million cards-in-force (CIF) currently in the European region, compared to 283 million in Q1/13. The total number of accounts rose to 317 million in Q1/14, compared to 267 million for Q1/13.