"Company","Current Parent Company","Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement","Recap of Ownership Changes","City / Town","County","Nation / Region","Company Number","Penalty (in pounds)","Penalty Year","Penalty Date","Offence Group","Offence Type","Violation Description","Settlement Type","Case Number","Agency","HQ Country of Parent","Ownership Structure of Parent","Major Industry of Parent","Specific Industry of Parent","Parent company ISIN","Source of Data","Source Notes" "Mastercard","MasterCard","MasterCard","","","","","","31,560,062","2022","20220118","competition-related offences","price-fixing or anti-competitive practices","Mastercard and four other payments companies were fined a total of £33 million by the Payment Systems Regulator for engaging in anti-competitive behaviour by agreeing not to compete or poach each other's clients. tps://www.paymentscardsandmobile.com/payment-systems-regulator-names-mastercard-in-pre-paid-card-cartel/","","","Payment Systems Regulator","United States","publicly traded","financial services","financial services","US57636Q1040","https://www.psr.org.uk/news-updates/latest-news/news/the-psr-fines-five-companies-more-than-33-million-for-cartel-behaviour-in-the-prepaid-cards-market/",""