PayPal’s New Mobile Bank
As predicted.. This is less of a “super app” than a MUCH NEEDED rebundling of services. This is a consumer branding effort.
Tag: Mobile
PayPal Threats – 2020
EU probe of Apple Pay
Changing Economics of Payments
What do Retailers Want in Mobile?
Token Activity – 10 Approaches?
US Payment Innovation and Regulation
A core “investment assumption” by TCH banks was that “regulators” were going to force the use of tokens in the US. As a primary means for meeting obligations under BSA/AML. The “value proposition” pitched to pilot participants was thus “regs are coming which will drive PayPal out of business.. everyone will be required to tokenize.. pilot participation means you can have a jump on everyone else.” Obviously this has not been the case..
Static Strategies and the REWIRING of Commerce
PayPal under attack.. Not just Facebook…
Existing research (such as Morgan Stanley) are keen on Paypal’s chances as they survey merchants likely to use Paypal’s new services. This research is backward looking, as merchants don’t understand what new services will do for their business, and new value propositions are not yet in market. In my view Paypal’s entire eCommerce revenue is at risk.. with their only advantage (DDA integration/cost of funds) lost because of new Debit pricing of $0.07 cents. This is not just a US thing, or a mobile thing, or a POS thing.. this is EVERYTHING. They have no competitive differentiator… and are not positioned well to compete in ORCHESTRATING COMMERCE.
Payments – Wrapping, Rules, Acquiring and Tokens
if Google had challenges pulling off POS innovation (after ~$1B in investment), rest assured you will too. Banks are well positioned to throw sand in your gears … focus on delivering value within merchant –consumer relationship.