Payments Research

Feb

Afterpay aims to eschew regulatory pitfalls

Afterpay is the world’s foremost buy now, pay later rising star. The Australian company has been on an unmatched hot streak, its share price surging by about 300% in 2020. At roughly AU$134, Afterpay is trading 27 times its price-to-earnings ratio. In the six months to December 31, Afterpay’s overall…

Feb

Asia Payments Research

SWIFT faces growing number of challengers in Asia

It seems that almost every plucky fintech in the cross-border payments space seeks to challenge SWIFT these days. Airwallex is perhaps the best known. The Hong Kong-headquartered (but Australia-founded) unicorn boldly proclaims that it wants to rejig global payments rails at SWIFT’s expense. Then there is Lightnet, which is only…

Feb

India Payments Research

WhatsApp Pay trips up again in India

India’s payments market is more competitive than ever. While Walmart-backed PhonePe and Google Pay remain dominant for now, WhatsApp Pay may eventually chip away at their market share. With 400 million users of its messaging app in India, the Facebook-owned company could potentially channel the network effect to its advantage.…

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