(Reuters) - Visa Inc (NYSE: V - news) , the world's largest credit and debit-card network, reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit as people spent more with cards.
Net profit fell to $1.27 billion (816.03 million pounds) from $1.29 billion a year earlier.
However, on a per-share basis, profit rose to $1.92 per Class A share, from $1.91 per Class A share, reflecting a fall in the outstanding shares following a buyback.
Total (NYSE: TOT - news) operating revenue rose 15 percent to $2.96 billion.
Analysts on average had expected a profit of $1.81 per share on revenue of $2.85 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Rival MasterCard Inc reported a higher-than-expected rise in quarterly profit earlier in the day, but the company's revenue missed analysts' estimates as a sluggish global economy weighed on consumer spending.
(Reporting by Tanya Agrawal in Bangalore; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)
