{"id":736,"date":"2025-07-31T15:36:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swazidailynews.com\/?p=736"},"modified":"2025-07-31T15:36:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:36:49","slug":"mastercard-beats-profit-estimates-on-strong-travel-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/736\/business\/mastercard-beats-profit-estimates-on-strong-travel-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastercard beats profit estimates on strong travel demand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mastercard (MA.N), opens new tab surpassed Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit on Thursday, driven by strong consumer spending on travel and leisure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A mix of higher inflation, interest rate pressures and tariff uncertainty has done little to slow American travelers and shoppers so far, offering a boost to payments firms and big banks alike in the first half of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Payments firms are closely tied to everyday consumer behavior, and most transactions &#8211; whether for groceries, fuel, or fewer discretionary items &#8211; still flow through the same cards and platforms, helping sustain volume, despite some shoppers paring back on non-essential spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gross dollar volume &#8211; the total value of transactions processed on Mastercard&#8217;s platform &#8211; rose 9% in the quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cross-border volume, which tracks spending on cards outside their country of issue, jumped 15%, pointing to still strong consumer appetite for travel and leisure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7OCCGIRWOFJPFBCXJRUW4T3EZM-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-741\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company wrapped up the earnings season for Wall Street&#8217;s biggest payments processors. 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