“Excluding interest, we expect transaction margin dollars to grow between 6% to 7%.”

In context

“checkout growth relative to our third quarter average. From a volume perspective, the most important weeks and months of the quarter still lay ahead. That said, we are planning prudently given recent spending trends and the uncertain macro backdrop. We are also cognizant of lapping strong consumer spending in the fourth quarter of last year. Moving to OpEx, we are planning for low single-digit non-transaction OpEx in the quarter and expect about 3% growth for the full year. We expect to deliver fourth quarter non-GAAP earnings per share in the range of $1.27 to $1.31, up 7% to 10%. For the full year, we are raising our transaction margin dollar guidance by $100 million at the low end and $50 million at the high end to a range of $15.45 to $15.55 billion, which represents 5% to 6% growth. Excluding interest, we expect transaction margin dollars to grow between 6% to 7%. We are raising our full-year non-GAAP earnings per share guidance to a range of $5.35 to $5.39, growing at 15% to 16%. Our guidance continues to project approximately $6 billion in share buyback and full-year adjusted free cash flow of approximately $6 to $7 billion, which excludes the timing impact of the origination and sale of pay later receivables. I'd like to wrap up by thanking the PayPal Holdings, Inc. team for their hard work and execution this quarter. We are making tangible progress across the business, and the foundation we're building positions us well for continued growth ahead. With that, back to you, Alex. Alex Chriss: Thanks, Jamie. We are operating from a position of strength. The results you're seeing are proof that our strategy is working. We built a more balanced, prof”