CFPB now officially investigating BNPL. Certainly a negative to the narrative that BNPL is going to meaningfully disrupt existing payments structures/rails. Has now reached a size where it can no longer escape regulatory scrutiny...welcome to
I don't want to understate the risk. However, IMO FedNow is much more of a risk to Venmo/Zelle and other P2P providers than it is to V/MA. It is a real-time settlement system/mechanism, and for... login to read the rest
Want to love V/MA for the thesis you outlined. Some of the best opportunities are when cyclical fears are extrapolated as structural challenges. I think the BNPL, crytpo and amazon stuff is just cyclical noise.... login to read the rest
In addition, keep in mind that V is generating 4x the fixed fees over the life of a BNPL transaction (assuming 4 monthly payments) given that they get paid every time a transaction hits their
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Those are valid concerns. Not to be glib, but I don't know that I've ever entered an investment with a 10-year horizon because I simply don't think I have the skill/foresight to look that far... login to read the rest
@ rookie964. I looked at the credit vs. debit economics question recently. So below my two cents, zzz0007 has probably more to say on this topic:
1. Merchant discount rates are higher for credit cards than debit... login to read the rest
Yes, Visa does look cheap realtive to its own historical multiples. But if we take a step back, and look at where we will be in 10 years... don't you feel that Visa's importance would be... login to read the rest
First of all, apologies for some of the formatting in the writeup. I just pulled it up and noticed that the hierarchy in a lot of the bullets got completely screwed up when I hit... login to read the rest
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