Pedro Arnt - Chief Financial Officer
Management
Thanks, Martin. Welcome everyone to our fourth quarter results conference call for the 2015 fiscal year. I'd like to kick off the call by saying that in our view, 2015 was one of the strongest years ever in terms of the steps made towards executing the strategic vision we set forth for the company. We exited the year on a favorable trajectory across nearly all our major initiatives, allowing us to not only wrap up a great 2015 but also giving us confidence that we can continue to execute well and make progress on multiple fronts during 2016. Our Marketplace business with its growing service offerings in logistics, payments, credit and Advertising ended the year with greater vibrancy than it entered it, with strong user engagement metrics in GMV and items sold growth, as well as an acceleration in the number of buyers, sellers and listing count. Execution on MercadoPago's financial technology offerings continue to exceed our expectations with marketplace adoption of payments having reached the stated goal of full addressable penetration in Brazil while also delivering consistently improving rates of adoption across the rest of our geographies. Our platform merchant service business continues to show strong results with revenues growing at triple digits for the third consecutive quarter when measured in local currencies. Additionally, our financing business unit continues to grow and reach a scale that encourages us to accelerate the pace of innovation and focus on the segment. And while these core MercadoPago offerings continue to grow, we have also been seeding new opportunities such as our mobile wallets and mobile POS solutions, all of these we believe can be significantly large opportunities. Our shipping solution, MercadoEnvios, took advantage of the last year to lay a firm foundation for all our future efforts in shipping and fulfillment. Over…