The earnings per diluted share were $4.86, with an increase of 21% compared to the same period earlier year.
MasterCard president and CEO Ajay Banga said during the current fourth quarter result the company witnessed double-digit growth in net revenue, cross-border volume and processed transactions.
Operating income increased 18% over the year-ago period, excluding the special item, and the company delivered an operating margin of 47.4%.
For the quarter period ended on 31 December 2012, its net revenue was $1.9bn, with an increase of 10% against the corresponding period a year ago.
Net revenue growth was driven by an increase in processed transactions of 20%, to 9.2bn; an increase in cross-border volumes of 17%; and a 14% increase in gross dollar volume, on a local currency basis, to $986bn.
For the full year of 2012, MasterCard net income increased by 15% to $2.8bn, while net revenue stood at $7.4bn, an increase of 10%, compared to the same period year ago period.
MasterCard is a global payments processing network provider that connects consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments and businesses in over 210 countries and territories.
