Mastercard shares fall as profit drops on virus-led travel slowdown

The pandemic has forced companies to lay off workers by the millions, hurting their spending power, and the hit to air travel has also taken a toll on cross-border card transaction volumes. Mastercard reported a 36% drop in cross-border volume on a local currency basis in the reported quarter. Cross-border volumes have continued to fall since the quarter ended, with all first three weeks of October clocking declines of more than 30%, according to an investor presentation. …read more

Source:: Yahoo Finance

      

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