PYPL - Earnings call transcript Q4 2017

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Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to PayPal’s Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2017 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will follow at that time. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded. I would now like to introduce your host for today’s conference, Ms. Investor of Head Rabinovitch, Relations. Gabrielle Please go ahead.

Gabrielle Rabinovitch

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Operator

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Heath Terry

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Dan Schulman

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Operator

Thank you.

Bryan from comes question next Deutsche Our Bank. with Keane

Bryan Keane

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Bill Ready

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John Rainey

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Operator

Thank you.

Tien-tsin Our next Morgan. with Huang comes question JP from

Tien-tsin Huang

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Dan Schulman

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John Rainey

guidance also think I that this. And say assumed Yes. our

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Dan Schulman

like one Tien-tsin, the market of about, you of things talk the places that. one And

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Operator

question KBW. next Our comes from Sanjay with Sakhrani

Sanjay Sakhrani

that ones, discussions other those can point these that are partnerships And Just be with you road interchange that then some what have how on marketplaces. the And impact maybe networks, larger merchant could economically significant thinking of of to you into lesser any does just have with transaction have for sort you many with a How your had that of the eBay? opportunities? on that being expenses? cost element the about

Dan Schulman

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Operator

from Stanley. question Morgan James next Fawcett comes Our with

James Fawcett

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Dan Schulman

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Bill Ready

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Dan Schulman

just one thing, other too add I’ll James.

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Operator

Thank you.

Paul Our Suisse. question with comes from next Condra Credit

Paul Condra

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Dan Schulman

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Bill Ready

just network MasterCard our offering. the really were of is we it about in-store and our there what in-store, took tokens implementation and standard around continuation for So like Visa of

network efforts, we RBs relationship that MasterCard previously, previously to GooglePay and with work of consistent and standard those with deployment discussed we rollout our and around continuing tokens other in-store around we as with So, announced. things we’re

Operator

Thank you.

comes next from question with Citi Ashwin Our Shirvaikar

Ashwin Shirvaikar

non and trends question and the one are engagement higher, countered think merchant but on And transactions consumer comment I it active related the is, per transaction you both per want mean payment And revenue account decelerated but CAN change, there active I eBay separately? multipart idea payment seems separated an or then kind eBay Sorry and just would that. get answer out as get your you merchant of engagement? the to if for well?

Dan Schulman

in So actives in we're grew anything if so in to be the my terms which is comparisons opening engagement, that X%, on before. remarks said normalize overall bringing that the decelerating change net to many by I new because year of you

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Operator

last Barclays. with one Thank Darrin question you. Peller from We've for time

Darrin Peller

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John Rainey

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Dan Schulman

strength. the happy that, assets we We've we're the product robust say agree John. a to we very John's we're capabilities have I of that to I'd And ready compete today. with have are and of as and and market the set I think to just with from to pipeline, got position the leader planning point add

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you we us soon. Okay. thank today. operator. want it really look to Well, joining you. to time and appreciate I Thank We to forward your speaking everybody with for you, Thank

Operator

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PayPal (PYPL) 1 Feb 182017 Q4 Earnings call transcript