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Tom Purves's avatar

Awesome overview Dwayne. As someone who led Visa's API strategy for instant digital issuance through the fintech boom, you pretty much nailed it. What remains surprising though is the lock-in power that the legacy processors have and that most of the tradfi card portfolios still ride on antiquated stacks. We shall see what happens as the rise of new Banking AI & agentic commerce experiences enabled by the likes of Ramp, Brex or Monzo etc. continue to lap anything offered by incumbent issuers.

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Patrick Pierre-Victor's avatar

Dwayne, this is an excellent overview of the payments landscape and the innovations driving its continued evolution. The card networks’ increased investment in fintech signals a surge of opportunity for builders targeting niche markets. For those looking to establish a foothold, now is the time, especially as modern processors begin to expand their revenue share beyond 6.2%.

I’m particularly curious how competition for total payment volume (TPV) among sponsor banks will shift as these processors accelerate speed to market and lower integration barriers.

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