{"entity":"mastercard","id":"ent_mastercard","name":"Mastercard","predicate":"founded","label":"founding date","page":"https://asof.is/record/mastercard/founded","as_of":"2026-11-01","summary":"As of November 1, 2026, Mastercard's founding date on the AsOf record is January 1, 1966, dated January 1, 1966, from a primary source (sec.gov) and one further source (logos.fandom.com). The record holds 1 claim on Mastercard's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.","current":["clm_70A526F330FB"],"claims":[{"id":"clm_70A526F330FB","value":"1966-01-01","valid_from":"1966-01-01","valid_to":null,"published":null,"recorded":"2026-10-27","confidence":0.95,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q489921","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141391/000119312505223344/dex32a.htm","tier":"primary","publisher":"Mastercard International Incorporated (SEC exhibit 3.2(a))","published_at":null},{"url":"https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/Mastercard","tier":"secondary","publisher":null,"published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-31","quote":"The corporation was incorporated under the name “INTERBANKARD, INC.” by the filing of its original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 3, 1966.","url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141391/000119312505223344/dex32a.htm"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Mastercard's current founding date?","answer":"January 1, 1966, dated January 1, 1966, from a primary source (sec.gov) and one further source (logos.fandom.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95)."}],"legend":{"dates":"valid_from: when the claim took effect (a period figure: the day its period closed). published: the earliest day a source on the record published it (a filing's filing date, a post's date; null when no source carries one). recorded: the day AsOf first held it. A figure can take effect weeks before it is published.","why_not":{},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}