“Pacific Crest analysts Josh Beck, Andy Hargreaves, John Vinh, Chad Bartley and Evan Wilson today issued a longish group report of 27 pages in which they declare that ‘we think a partnership between Apple and Visa would make strategic sense and believe an announcement could happen as early as this fall,'” Tiernan Ray reports for Barron’s.
“The report presumes the next model of the iPhone, an ‘iPhone 6,’ will have contactless payments technology in it,” Ray reports. “As the authors see it, past efforts to use mobile devices at point of sale were cumbersome, and Visa has introduced ways to make it easier: ‘Security has played a key role in the formation of mobile payment initiatives and in the past has introduced complex business models that have been unable to scale quickly. ISIS used a physical secure element and a carrier SIM rental model. Google has moved toward a host-card emulation to reduce business-model friction. PayPal has relied on distribution partnerships with terminal providers and networks… New security models could lower adoption hurdles for mobile payments at physical retailers and expand the Visa platform, enabling new commerce opportunities for technology giants, merchants and issuers.'”
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I would hate to be called an ass 4 uming!
Key words in the article: “We think….” and “…would…”
Translation: pure speculation arrived at by anatomic extraction.
Articles like this suggest that something IS happening, but provide now facts to support that assertion. That’s not to say this could not happen, and given that Visa is one of the three big players in credit card processing, there COULD be credence to the assumptions. But without facts, the article is little more than wishful thinking.
Is it too much for the media to do more than fan the flames of rumor and speculation? There was once a time when a strict editor would have shoved an article like this down the reporter’s throat. Those days are long gone.
“But Beck doesn’t expect mobile payments to be a big moneymaker for Apple.”
I don’t believe Apple wouldn’t make a deal of this magnitude with a company like Visa without securing a sizable return for the company.
You can bank on Apple brining a lot more than this writer sees to the table, continuously over time, in technology, software, global market reach and its crucial loyal Apple customers than Visa, a one trick pony possibly can (despite its recent purchases) , to make Visa want this partnership. Apple’s contribution to this partnership is huge and beholds huge future potential.
A new revenue stream, it will generate a lucrative return and be a huge moneymaker for Apple.
Apple can buy Visa for 132B.