Mastercard's profit beats on strong card spending by U.S. consumers
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Gross dollar volume, the value of all transactions processed on Mastercard's platform, rose 10% to $2.3 trillion. Cross-border volume, which tracks spending on cards outside of the country of their issue, rose 18%. The payments technology industry is gearing up for a seismic shift following Capital One's $35.3 billion deal to acquire Discover Financial.

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