A bit about Mastercard
📅 Year founded: 1966
💼 Industry: Financial technology
🌐 Website: www.mastercard.com
Mastercard is a financial company that helps people make purchases and payments by working with banks to create a secure payment system. When you use a credit or debit card with the Mastercard logo, Mastercard processes the transaction and makes sure that the money transfers from your account to the seller’s account. Of course, its business model involves taking a very small fee, which when done at scale, becomes very profitable.
How to buy Mastercard on the Shares app
Buying shares in Mastercard is straightforward.
1. Make sure that you have the Shares app downloaded.
2. Open the app and navigate to the Explore section (the magnifying glass) on the tab bar at the bottom of the app.
![Explore section on the Shares app - how to buy stocks on Shares](https://www.datocms-assets.com/76408/1666604430-01.png)
3. Use the search bar at the top to find Mastercard. Simply search using the company name or with their ticker symbol MA.
4. Now, press ‘buy’.
![Buy button on the Shares app - how to buy stocks on the Shares app](https://www.datocms-assets.com/76408/1666604550-02.png)
5. Enter the monetary amount you’d like to spend. You can add a comment and even a GIF reflecting how you feel about your purchase. Once you’re ready, hit review.
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6. Your big moment is coming up. Review your order – check the stock price, amount you’re spending, amount of shares you’re receiving, the service fee, and of course, that your witty comment and GIF are all looking sharp. Your time has come - hit confirm.
![Order review on the Shares app - how to buy stocks on the Shares app](https://www.datocms-assets.com/76408/1666604657-04.png)
7. If the stock market that Mastercard is registered on is closed at the time of buying, your order will be scheduled for when the stock market reopens. Read about what time each stock market opens and closes.
8. You can double-check your investment by going onto your invest page, or by going onto the stock’s page directly.
How to sell Mastercard on the Shares app
1. The process for selling a stock is much the same as buying, only reversed. Click on your stock and tap sell (it’s right next to ‘buy’).
2. You’ll be asked the amount of shares you’d like to sell and a chance to review it, just like when you bought the stock. When you are ready, simply hit confirm.
Does Mastercard pay dividends?
Yes, Mastercard does currently pay dividends at the time of writing.
You can see the days it pays its dividends to shareholders and how much dividend income you can expect to earn via the Shares app.
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