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Visa quarterly profit rises on resilient consumer spending

Reuters
Visa quarterly profit rises on resilient consumer spending

Oct 27 (Reuters) - Visa ‌reported a jump in fourth-quarter profit on ​Tuesday ‌as customers swiped their cards ‌to pay for travel, shopping and dining out.

US consumer ‌spending has remained resilient in the face of persistent inflationary pressures, underpinned by a strong ⁠labor market and wage ‌growth.

The FIFA World ⁠Cup, which ran from June 11 ​to July 19, also helped boost activity across ​Visa's network as it ​brought ‌many visitors to the United States.

Payments ​volume, a gauge ⁠of consumer and business ‌spending on ​Visa's network, ​jumped 9% in the quarter.

The world's largest payment processor's net income was $6 billion, or $3.19 per ‌share, in the three months ended September 30, compared ‌with $5.1 ​billion, or $2.62 per share, a year earlier.

(Reporting by Atharva Singh & Arasu Kannagi Basil in ‌Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai)