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MasterCard (MA) shares moved slightly lower premarket Wednesday following its latest quarterly results, which saw it top consensus earnings and revenue expectations.
The payment technology firm reported fourth-quarter earnings of $3.18 per share, $0.10 better than the analysts' estimate of $3.08 per share. Revenue for the quarter came in at $6.5 billion, up 13% year-on-year and above the consensus estimate of $6.48 billion.
The company put the revenue increase down to growth in its payment network and its value-added services and solutions. Payment network net revenue increased by 9%. In addition, its results were helped by healthy consumer spending and cross-border volume growth. Q4 cross-border volume growth rose 18% on a local currency basis.
Mastercard (NYSE:MA) also noted that Q4 gross dollar volume was up 10%, and purchase volume increased 11% year-on-year.
"We delivered strong earnings and revenue growth for the full year 2023, driven by healthy consumer spending, cross-border volume growth of 24 percent, and the solid execution of our strategy," said Michael Miebach, CEO of Mastercard.