Mastercard Inc reported a 26.7 per cent rise in quarterly profit on Tuesday, as a strong US job market and a boom in online shopping boosted transaction volumes on the company’s payment network.
Net income rose to $1.9 billion, or $1.80 per share, in the first quarter ended March 31 from $1.5 billion, or $1.41 per share, a year earlier, reports Reuters.
On an adjusted basis, the company earned $1.78 per share. Analysts were expecting net income of $1.66 per share, according to IBES data from Refinitiv. It was not immediately clear if the number was comparable.