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For those interested in $V here’s a really enjoyable read by @MarcRuby
Captures perfectly the passing of the guard and evolution over past 15 yrs
Favorite part: “One way of thinking about $V ‘s edge is that you could never get so many parties to agree”
netinterest.co/p/growing-vis…
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I woke up and chose violence today.
New @FintechTakes: A Tale of Two SPACs.
Building a successful neobank is really hard and the MoneyLion and Aspiration SPACs tell us why.
newsletter.fintechtakes.com/…
A few thoughts on $AMZN, its in-house payments capabilities, external payments offerings and recent news on accepting $AFRM at checkout
TLDR: Amazon is an unheralded innovator, doing a lot in payments for itself (as global leader in e-commerce) and for others (as 3rd party PSP)
I have always wondered why Amazon does not inhouse payments. With ~$600B in GMV this year it should be incredibly profitable. Are authorization rates that much better with Chase?
Same here: Why don't they offer BNPL themselves? They have more data than Affirm.
cc: @BlueToothDDS
Linking a few thoughts here...
$AMZN among the largest payfacs given its substantial 3P seller marketplace GMV + Amazon Pay volumes (in aggregate likely $500B+)
Assuming nearly 150bps net yield given its scale and favorable economics (all this is CNP running over Chase) ...
... suggesting $AMZN net payments revenue is approaching $8B after interchange and pass-through processing fees (or $15B+ gross revenue as master merchant charging 3rd parties for payments)
🥜 relative to Amazon’s overall revenue, but not bad vs standalone payments businesses