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Mastercard beats Wall Street profit estimates as customers spend more

Excluding items, Mastercard reported net income of $1.6 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, or $1.64 per share, compared with $2 billion a year earlier, or $1.96 a share

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Mastercard's shares jumped nearly 3% in trading before the bell, after the results were announced

2 min read Last Updated : Jan 28 2021 | 8:03 PM IST

Payments processor Mastercard Inc on Thursday beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter profit, as growth in overall transactions partially offset the impact of a decline in cross-border volumes.

Excluding items, Mastercard reported net income of $1.6 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, or $1.64 per share, compared with $2 billion a year earlier, or $1.96 a share.

Analysts on average were expecting a profit of $1.51 per share, according to the IBES estimate from Refinitiv.

Mastercard's shares jumped nearly 3% in trading before the bell, after the results were announced.

A slump in travel demand and discretionary spending has

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