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CLAIM #51044 · PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL) · 2025Q4 earnings call · Feb 3, 2026 · due Dec 31, 2026

TEs, at a bit of a lower rate versus '25, so called out about 88 bps or so versus 89 this year.

Steven Winoker · CFO

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graded after results covering Dec 31, 2026 are reported

How to check this claim

Look at: Transaction expense (TE) rate as % of TPV (total payment volume), fiscal year 2026

It came true if: TE rate approximately 88 bps (within 86-90 bps range), down from 89 bps in FY2025

Where: Company income statement / TPV disclosures (10-K or earnings release, FY2026 annual results)

In context

big change after he comes on? Steven Winoker: Why don't I start with your questions around '26, then I'll hand it over to Jamie for the second part of your question around the branded and Board decision process, Sanjay. First, just running down the kind of P&L for a moment for '26 to give everybody that color. We talked about a slight decline in TM. Ex FBO, that's roughly flat, call it, about 3% increase in OpEx for the year. That gets you to non-GAAP EPS of this low single-digit decline to slightly positive. GAAP EPS of mid-single-digit decline. Tax rate assumption, call it, 19% to 21%. And then we provided the free cash flow story when you move over there. CapEx, about $1 billion or so. And then within all of that, OVAS, about flattish for the year, low single digit, by the way, in 1Q. TEs, at a bit of a lower rate versus '25, so called out about 88 bps or so versus 89 this year. TL, in line with '25, so call that about 7.5 bps of TPV. And creditor loan losses of about 2.5 bps, which is another 0.5 bp or so. So those are the numbers, Jamie, do you want to hit on the kind of how to think about branded and then the Board decision? Jamie Miller: Yes. With respect to branded, as Steve mentioned earlier, when we execute on these investments, we have included the cost of investments but we have assumed minimal in-year benefit from those. And when you look at the traction side of it, certainly, the changes we're making in go-to-market and traction around all elements of merchant integration, upstream presentment, all those different pieces will begin to gain traction as we go throughout the year. As we go live and merchants go up, we test, we start to see where we can ad

Verify independently

SEC filings for PYPL · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2025Q4 earnings call.