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Europe’s largest payment processor Worldline faces a reckoning

The storied European payments consolidator Worldline’s stock is down a mind-bogglingly 96% from its April 2021 high. The market is worried about its lack of growth and sources of revenue. It cries out for an intervention. Worldline’s new CEO Pierre-Antoine Vacheron has a short window of opportunity to change its trajectory. If he doesn’t, private […]

Why do Europeans use more cash than Americans?

Cash use by country varies enormously. While its use has been falling on both sides of the Atlantic, Europeans use considerably more cash than Americans. Higher taxes and greater tax avoidance, culture, and lower consumer incentives to use electronic payment systems, contribute. The ECB’s “Study on the payments in the euro area 2022” reported that 59% […]

Banks’ customers and shareholders would benefit if they freed themselves from the Dodd-Frank Act’s debit price controls

Capital One is the trailblazer that larger banks like BofA, Chase, and Wells Fargo should follow to move their debit businesses to a freer market enabling enormous value creation for their customers and shareholders. With Capital One’s $35 billion all-stock acquisition of Discover, it will own two national debit networks and thereby free itself from […]