Visa Warns It Will Be Challenged ‘for a Number of Quarters’
- Decline in card spending is mitigated by stimulus checks
- CEO Kelly says firm is pulling back on discretionary spending
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Visa Inc. Chief Executive Officer Al Kelly warned the firm will be challenged “for a number of quarters” even as declines in spending on its network began to moderate in April.
As the U.S. government began sending out stimulus payments to millions of consumers this month, Visa saw an increase in spending on home improvement, automotive and some areas of health care. Still, spending on the firm’s cards in the U.S. has dropped 19% in April compared with the same period a year earlier, according to Chief Financial Officer Vasant Prabhu.