LOS ANGELES (AP) — Discover Financial Services on Thursday reported higher earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter, as users of its namesake credit card stepped up purchases and the company wrote off fewer unpaid balances.

Even so, the Riverwoods, Ill.-based company’s results fell short of Wall Street expectations, and investors sent its shares down over 3 percent Thursday.

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