In a move to make the Mastercard trademarked red and yellow circles even more iconic, the symbol will be used without the word "Mastercard" inserted or accompanying it, the company says.

Mastercard is changing its logo. The interlocking red and yellow circles are here to stay, but Mastercard’s rebrand is missing something big: its name. Raja Rajamannar, the company’s chief ...

it's just "Mastercard" now (and in some cases "mastercard," but we'll get to that). The logo still has the overlapping red and yellow circles and sans-serif font, but all the elements are slimmer ...