Macquarie: Investing In E-Payment Systems, Look To Emerging Markets

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Mark Melin
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Net 30 No More - An Open Letter To The Financial Payments Industry

Alternative e-payment systems are a recommended investment, Macquarie Research report says, a system that will “finally begin the death of cash.” But where will this system first flourish? Invest in that region first, the Global ePayments report advises. And that might not be companies that are focused on developed economies. Immediate e-payment systems that disintermediate transaction processors and their fees are vulnerable Accenture is one firm that is eying the developed world.  In four short years, they calculate that one company – PSD2 – could replace one-third of online debit card transactions and one-tenth of online credit card transactions in…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.