Who owns Vocalink?
Vocalink is owned by Mastercard (the United States, NYSE: MA).[1]
Evidence: Mastercard Incorporated Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-11, SEC EDGAR, 11 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Mastercard Incorporated verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Purchase, New York
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Category
- Finance & insurance › Payments & lending › Processors & digital wallets
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: MA
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Vocalink
Vocalink is Mastercard's real-time account-based payments network platform in the United Kingdom. The Bank of England has designated it a specified service provider, and Mastercard itself as a recognised payment system, so aspects of the Vocalink business are directly overseen by the Bank under the British payment system oversight regime.
Ownership timeline of Vocalink
- Current owner Mastercard [1] verified
Where Vocalink sits in Mastercard
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Mastercard
Mastercard controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in finance & insurance.
Also in finance & insurance
- Cirrus
- Mastercard (1966)
Other brands in processors & digital wallets, and who owns them
The 10 brands in processors & digital wallets on Brandtree belong to 8 owners. The largest is Credicorp, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Culqi | Credicorp | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Cybersource | Visa | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Argenpay | Banco Macro | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Izipay | IFS | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| BC Card | KT | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Flash | Pepkor | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Personal Pay | Telecom Argentina | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Yape | Credicorp | 🇵🇪 Peru |
About the owner: Mastercard
Mastercard is a publicly listed company headquartered in Purchase, New York, United States, founded in 1966. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: MA.
Mastercard is a payments technology company whose 10-K says it makes transactions easier through a family of brands: Mastercard, Maestro and Cirrus. It runs its business through Mastercard International Incorporated, a membership corporation formed in November 1966, and switches more than 70% of all transactions on Mastercard and Maestro cards. In December 2024 it bought the threat intelligence company Recorded Future for $2.7 billion in cash.
🇬🇧 Vocalink and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 543 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 282 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Vocalink among them.
- HWS Specialty — Steadfast 🇦🇺
- Hastings — Sampo 🇫🇮
- ICE Futures Europe — ICE 🇺🇸
- Liberty Specialty Markets — Liberty Mutual 🇺🇸
- Movo — AUB Group 🇦🇺
- Prudential (Asia and Africa) — Prudential plc 🇬🇧
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Vocalink?
The parent company of Vocalink is Mastercard, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Vocalink British or American?
Vocalink originated in the United Kingdom, but it is owned today by Mastercard, which is headquartered in the United States. So Vocalink is a British-origin brand under American ownership.
Is Vocalink still owned by Mastercard?
Yes. As of 15 October 2026, Vocalink is still owned by Mastercard. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Mastercard Incorporated Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-11 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 11 February 2026; retrieved 15 October 2026.
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