(Reuters) - MasterCard Inc , the world's No. 2 debit and credit card company, reported a 17 percent rise in quarterly profit as more people used its cards worldwide.
The company's net income rose to $1.02 billion, or 89 cents per share, in the first quarter ended March 31 from $870 million, or 73 cents per share, a year earlier.
Net revenue rose 2.7 percent to $2.23 billion.
(Reporting by Neha Dimri in Bengaluru; Editing by Joyjeet Das)
