Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Presents at Wolfe Research FinTech Forum Transcript
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SA Transcripts158.9K FollowersFollow5ShareSaveCommentsPlay Earnings CallPlay Earnings Call Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Wolfe Research FinTech Forum March 10, 2026 2:35 PM EDT Company Participants Linda Kirkpatrick - President of the Americas Conference Call Participants Darrin Peller - Wolfe Research, LLC Presentation Darrin PellerWolfe Research, LLC All right, guys, we're going to start in about 30 seconds. If everyone could start making their way to the seats. All right. Why don't we jump in, everybody? Thank you again for joining us. Again, I'm Darrin Peller, Payments Processors and IT Services Analyst at Wolfe Research. Really happy to have Mastercard with us. We have Linda, who's the President of the Americas, and I've known -- we've known each other for, we're just saying, many, many years since IPO. But Linda, thanks for being with us. It's great to have you. Linda KirkpatrickPresident of the Americas Yes. Thanks for having me. Question-and-Answer Session Darrin PellerWolfe Research, LLC Devin, thanks for joining us as well. And why don't we just jump in? I mean, it's a crazy world out there. So you guys have a better picture of the world than most. What are you seeing? Macroeconomic environment is interesting, and what does that mean for Mastercard? What are the trends you're seeing from a consumer standpoint? Just start there, if you don't mind? Linda KirkpatrickPresident of the Americas Sure. So from a consumer perspective, as we've said in the past, we're continuing to see the resilience of the consumer. We're continuing to see healthy consumer spend, amidst a backdrop that might be more volatile. And when you look at the consumer and their purchasing power, it's very much a function of wage growth. And wage growth has been exceeding inflation. And so that's empowered the consumer and created more purchasing power for the consumer. On the business side, we've