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The RBA’s proposed surcharge ban and fee caps may reshape payments, but Visa and Mastercard are already positioned for the shift.

Retailers could offer consumers who use their stablecoins a discount at checkout thanks to savings on interchange and surcharge fees.

The world’s largest payment network, which facilitates more than 6000 transactions every second, is in the front seat of the digital payments revolution. VISA (NYSE:...

In this three-part interview series with portfolio manager Bob Desmond we first talked about Claremont’s outlook and strategy. We then ran the tape back a year and...

In times of extreme market volatility, it can be useful to refer back to the prominent former mutual fund manager Peter Lynch, who observed that the secret to making...

Hello and welcome aboard Livewire Market’s flight A2021. Lean back, ready the snacks and throw on some of your favourite tunes - Buy Hold Sell is back for another week...

Cashless society, the shift to the cloud and food delivery are three structural growth trends sweeping global markets. 2020 saw the tailwinds fanning these trends...

Last week I sat down with Shaw & Partners Analyst Jono Higgins for an update on the BNPL stocks as we enter a strong period for online retail. I rate Jono highly in...

The payments industry is gradually emerging as one of the most attractive parts of the financial technology (Fintech) world. Prior to COVID-19, approximately 50% of...

With the new financial year under way, now is an opportune time to begin planning for the year ahead. While the Coronavirus pandemic and global recession have...

Welcome to Magellan Minutes, a new investment insights initiative in which senior members of our investment team dissect the markets and take a deeper look into the...

Blue chip is synonymous with quality and dividends in the mind of the Australian investor, but are the companies considered as the blue chips of today likely to remain...

Resilience, time after timeFormed all the way back in the late 1800s, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is considered one of the key benchmark indexes for the US...

Afterpay’s competitive differentiation underpins a sustainable business model that we expect will continue to drive its market share growth in the US. Visa’s recent...

The great investor Peter Lynch who ran the Fidelity Magellan Fund is often quoted saying: “the best investment ideas you see with your own eyes in everyday life” ...

At around $1.9 trillion Australian dollars, the Australian equity market is a minnow by global standards. It represents roughly 2% of global equity markets. Said...