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MasterCard quarterly profit rises 14 percent


    (Reuters) - MasterCard Inc , the world's second-largest debit and credit card company, posted a 14 percent rise in quarterly profit as more customers used cards to shop.

    The company's net income rose to $870 million, or 73 cents per share, for the first quarter ended March 31, from $766 million, or 62 cents per share, a year earlier.

    Net revenue rose 14.02 percent to $2.18 billion.

    (Reporting by Tanya Agrawal in Bangalore; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)