** Shares of prepaid card provider Paysign PAYS.O rise
4.4% to $4 after the bell
** PAYS posts Q3 profit of 3 cents/shr, beating Wall Street
expectations of 1 cent/shr, according to data compiled by LSEG
** Q3 revenue jumps 23% to $15.3 mln, driven by strong
growth in patient affordability programs revenue
** Pharma patient affordability revenue soared 219% to $2.25
mln in the quarter, driven by growth and launch of new pharma
affordability programs
** PAYS reiterates annual forecasts for total revenue and
adjusted core earnings
** As of last close, PAYS shares up 36.8% YTD
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
((ArasuKannagi.Basil@thomsonreuters.com;))