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Fintech reckoning: It’s only a matter of time until the house of cards collapses
- com 3y agoSeems to me that the core of the argument is about payments, and card payments at that, not Fintechs as a general category. The end of cheap money has a big impact on the entire startup and VC worlds of course, not just those sucking on the teat of interchange. Buying customers is generally only a short term strategy, and as the article says, they get attached to the benefits you offer them. Paying $2 to a customer, while charging them $1 for the privilege, is a problem. The rebalancing is going to be hard, and not just in card payments, but also ad-supported content and services.