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Western Union’s Intermex deal challenges the “digital-only” remittance narrative

Western Union’s $500M acquisition of Intermex highlights the strategic value of physical agent networks in remittances.

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Meet EDC: Davide Villa, Consultant at EDC San Francisco

Meet EDC: Davide Villa, Consultant at EDC San Francisco

Davide is a Consultant within EDC’s San Francisco office. He initially joined EDC’s London office as a Business Analyst in late 2018, following his studies at Imperial College London, where he graduated with a Masters in Biomedical Engineering.

Payments
Strategy Consulting
by EDC Team | Sep 02, 2021
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Meet EDC
Conversation with Hassan Issa, COO of Limonetik – a Thunes Company

Conversation with Hassan Issa, COO of Limonetik – a Thunes Company

Hassan Issa, COO of Limonetik – a Thunes Company, spoke with Julia Callejo (Consultant, London). In the interview, Hassan outlines key aspects of Limonetik’s value proposition and its shared vision with Thunes and how he expects the digital payments landscape to evolve in the medium term.

Payment Service Providers & Acquirers
Strategy Consulting
by EDC Team | Sep 01, 2021
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Leadership Interview
M&A of the month: Square acquires BNPL company Afterpay

M&A of the month: Square acquires BNPL company Afterpay

The acquisition of Afterpay by Square will provide additional glue for the Square super app. Volker Schloenvoigt (Principal, London) looked at the recent blockbuster deal.If there ever was a person remotely interested in payments who wasn’t aware of Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) surely the last few weeks would have caused some stir.

Technology Providers
M&A Advisory
by Volker Schloenvoigt | Sep 01, 2021
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M&A
The Upsides and Downsides of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Payment Methods

The Upsides and Downsides of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Payment Methods

‘Pay later’ shopping typically meant an interest-free period following the purchase, during which no payments were made and no interest charged. After this interest-free period, payment was expected in full – otherwise, interest would be added from the time of the original purchase. Today, the ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ (BNPL) market has developed, and in Europe – according to Kaleido, the research company – 30% of total eCommerce spend will be via BNPL by 2025.

Retail
Strategy Consulting
by Mark Beresford | Aug 02, 2021
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Buy Now Pay Later
Which merchant types will benefit from a Payment Orchestration solution?

Which merchant types will benefit from a Payment Orchestration solution?

For the last 10 years, many types of merchants have found that payment acceptance has become very complicated – it used to be cash and cards regardless of the different countries that you operated – now there are literally hundreds of Alternative Payment Methods (APMs).

Payment Service Providers & Acquirers
Payment Optimisation
by Mark Beresford | Jul 30, 2021
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Payment Orchestration
A deeper look at Open Banking and the recent successes of various use cases

A deeper look at Open Banking and the recent successes of various use cases

In last month’s newsletter, we took a deeper look at Open Banking and the recent successes that various use cases in this ever-developing industry segment appear to have. In many parts of the world, Open Banking has really gathered momentum.

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Product Innovation
by Volker Schloenvoigt | Jul 29, 2021
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