FinTech: V MA PYPL SQ SOFI CHIME NU AFRM UPST MQ HOOD Plaid Stripe Adyen

I need to build a list of these companies. This buy now pay later stuff is going to end horribly bad at some point. These will be some of the best shorts we will ever see. There’s nothing tech or innovative about it.

Most of those websites advertise no interest when paying later. I’m sure the fine print is as long as every payment is on time. I’m sure 1 late payment triggers a ton of fees, interest, etc. It’s no different than finger hut.

https://www.fingerhut.com/

They’ve been around for DECADES and started as a catalog order business. If this is all that the best and brightest in SV can innovate, then SV is dead.

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Best response? Why didn’t you give credit to Luosheng Peng? Because he is a China-born :scream:

Only own SQ and MQ from the above list.

You need to watch your words. Hong Kong is also part of China.

:scream:

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Touche"

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If they remains as BNPL only. BNPL should just be a feature of the payment system, SQ bought the best BNPL app, AfterPay.

Anyway it’s obvious Puru > Peng.

The problems with Puru though is he likes to tell people “I told you so” when things happened to go his way. Not the right way to remain calm.

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I started following tweets only recently, about 1+ months ago… I have a twitter account like 5-10 years ago… can’t remember how long but very long ago. Many interesting characters and tweets.

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Silicon Valley’s Hottest Money Apps Depend on Old-School Banks

Fintechs use conventional lenders for the mechanics of moving cash.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-29/fintech-apps-still-depend-on-old-school-banks-to-move-money?srnd=premium

Even though I don’t know what UPST does, can still come up with a voodoo on it. If the count is correct, wave 4 or 4.a should be completed AH. If it breaks below 61.8% retracement - $203 - my count is wrong, and is in wave 2.

This is not a financial advice.

SOFI doing well AH as well. Up 10% currently.

AFRM +22%
MQ +18%
SOFI +12%

I miss the AFRM boat again, my order is $120.

SF-based

Turn credit card balances into installment loans,
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Get the free money while you can though right?

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Fintech is passed’ Over. Now is metaverse. Check stock prices to verify.
Yeah, crypto is passe’ too. Fatigue. Investors have moved on.

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Fintech stocks have been hit hard. His portfolio comprises mostly Fintech stocks. Is the reason why he felt that way. Puru felt the heat too. Puru decided to hedge by shorting ARKK.

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Now then he said? Has already burst. Tell me when it hasn’t.

Chamath selling 15% SOFI and investing in CLOV and other 3 startups

@hanera @pastora CLOV at Black Friday sale. Get in if interested for long term play.

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