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Shift4

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Is Mr. Market wrong about Shift4?

Jun 30, 2024

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17 min read

Is Mr. Market wrong about Shift4?

Through their short history of being public companies, Shift4 has always been more profitable, but Toast has always enjoyed a higher valuation. What is the reason for that?

Jevgenijs Kazanins
Jevgenijs Kazanins

Coinbase

Coinbase’s quest to stay profitable throughout cycles

Jun 16, 2024

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14 min read

Coinbase’s quest to stay profitable throughout cycles

When Coinbase went public, Brian Armstrong floated an idea that in 5-10 years half of the company's revenue would come from non-trading fees. The goal was to stay profitable in the next crypto winter.

Jevgenijs Kazanins
Jevgenijs Kazanins

Square

The opportunity behind Square Banking

May 26, 2024

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18 min read

The opportunity behind Square Banking

Why did Square pick a fight with Chase and American Express?

Jevgenijs Kazanins
Jevgenijs Kazanins

PayPal

A few reasons to be bullish on PayPal

May 12, 2024

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14 min read

A few reasons to be bullish on PayPal

If PayPal returns to double-digit growth, the stock will take off. This level of growth might come sooner than the market expects.

Jevgenijs Kazanins
Jevgenijs Kazanins

Bill

Are partnerships with big banks worth the effort?

Apr 21, 2024

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11 min read

Are partnerships with big banks worth the effort?

Bill (NYSE: BILL) spent over a decade building partnerships with large banks, but has very little to show for it.

Jevgenijs Kazanins
Jevgenijs Kazanins

Square

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JPMorgan's leadership is not concerned with rising charge-off rates

Apr 14, 2024

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6 min read

JPMorgan's leadership is not concerned with rising charge-off rates

JPMorgan’s credit card loan charge-offs surge to pre-pandemic highs, Visa finds growth in Europe, and Square lags competition

Jevgenijs Kazanins
Jevgenijs Kazanins

Cash App

Why Cash App Pay is a big deal for Block

Apr 7, 2024

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10 min read

Why Cash App Pay is a big deal for Block

It's Cash App Pay, not lending, that will drive the next phase of Cash App's growth

Jevgenijs Kazanins
Jevgenijs Kazanins

Shopify

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On the moat of vertically integrated software businesses

Mar 3, 2024

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11 min read

On the moat of vertically integrated software businesses

Shopify might be making most of its revenue from payments, but it's the software component of its business, the Shopify commerce platform that gives it the right to win. Does Toast have the same moat?

Jevgenijs Kazanins
Jevgenijs Kazanins

PayPal

On PayPal's strategic priorities and getting back to growth

Feb 7, 2024

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12 min read

On PayPal's strategic priorities and getting back to growth

PayPal might not have shocked anyone with their Innovation Day, but everything they launched was aligned with their strategic priorities. These priorities lay out the path to growth.

Jevgenijs Kazanins
Jevgenijs Kazanins

Visa

This is not the U.S. consumer who is helping Visa grow

Feb 2, 2024

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7 min read

This is not the U.S. consumer who is helping Visa grow

Visa and Mastercard might be seeing the end of the secular growth trend in the U.S. But it is not the end of the world.

Jevgenijs Kazanins
Jevgenijs Kazanins
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