Cirrus

1982–1992	1986–1992	1992–1996	1996–2016	2016–present

1982–1992

1982-1985

Cirrus was originally founded in 1982.

1986–1992

1992–2016

1992–1996

Designer:  Lister Butler

Typography:  Custom

Launched:  June 1992

Wordmark (used on some Visa cards in the USA)

In 1992, Mastercard Incorporated bought Cirrus, and as a result, it adopted MasterCard's Venn-diagram-like logo design in June of that year, using circles in different shades of blue.

1996–2016

Designer:  Interbrand Schechter

Typography:  Custom

Launched:  September 1996

Print version

Variant without shadows, similar to the 1992 logo

Wordmark

In September 1996, Cirrus took on Mastercard's recent rebranding effort made at the same time.

2016–present

Designer:  Michael Bierut, Luke Hayman (from Pentagram)

Typography:  FF Mark

Launched:  July 14, 2016

Horizontal version

Symbol

On July 14, 2016, Cirrus adopted Mastercard's new logo design that it had introduced on the same day. Unlike the previous logos, this looks more like a Venn-diagram.