Two of the key facilitators of the burgeoning mcommerce
space (which is on track to run at around a 25.72 percent CAGR through 2019
according to a report out in May from TechNavio), continue to be digital
currencies and the proliferation of point-of-sale solutions that make it easier
than ever to shop on the go. Driven by such rapidly evolving technologies as
the cryptocurrency Bitcoin ($3.3 billion market cap) and other digital
currencies, as well as near-field communication enabled point-of-sale software and
devices, m-commerce is on pace to eclipse ecommerce’s growth rate of 13
percent, running as hot as 42 percent, according to a study published earlier
this year by PayPal and global market research firm Ipsos.
That same study, spanning 22 countries, showed that 64
percent of users reportedly made purchases using apps, with mobile browsers
representing only 52 percent of consumer purchases. This phenomena is driven by
in-app and associated retailer conveniences, like instant payment confirmation
and having in-app auto reminders for things such as coupons or discounts. Such
underlying market dynamics are a major reason that enterprise accelerator,
Alternet Systems (OTC: ALYI), moved in August to secure a strategic partnership
between its wholly-owned Alternet Payment Solutions subsidiary, and Brazilian
multichannel electronic point-of-sale solutions provider, MUXI. This move
showcases ALYI’s aggressive launching of efforts across the
e-commerce/m-commerce and legacy electronic point-of-sale landscapes, and how
the company is constantly looking to supercharge innovative services and
solutions that have true disruptive potential.
MUXI’s point-of-sale administration platform POSWEB® makes
it easier than ever for the over 20 million merchants in the U.S. (who collectively
represent the biggest point-of-sale market on earth, at 32 percent of the
global $37 billion market in 2013) to implement mobile-friendly point-of-sale
solutions, which allow total proprietor control over their assets and network.
POSWEB is a patented, hardware agnostic, front-end transactional platform that
was designed to be the ideal answer for building a robust, modern point-of-sale
deployment. MUXI’s payment solution architecture also allows for seamless,
remote software updating across all point-of-sale devices in the network, with
applications in the platform that also allow tablets and smartphones to be used
as part of a highly cost-effective mobile point-of-sale implementation. But
these solutions from MUXI are also perfect for a much wider variety of
operations as well, out beyond the primary growth markets of retail and
hospitality targeted by ALYI, with everyone from acquirers, payment
facilitators and issuers, to banking correspondents and value-added service
providers benefiting from MUXI’s wide variety of payment solutions.
These are precisely the kinds of services and solutions
needed to shake up the entrenched legacy point-of-sale payments infrastructure
throughout North America, with its limited ability to manage mobile apps and cutting-edge
payment systems, and bring about a paradigm shift towards a tighter feedback
loop on the market segmentation end of things as well. After all, one of
Alternet’s main focus points is big data analytics, mainly in marketing
automation and micro-segmentation. Achieving pure micro-segmentation provides a
much more granular, up-close view of customer demographic, psychographic and
behavioral data. By looking at an ecosystem of payments, financial accounting
and social media data, the huge market in advanced predictive analytics on both
the finance/telecom side, and consumer mass market sides of the equation can be
tapped for sizeable revenues, to be generated from high-quality customer
segmentation analysis technologies and services. This information also helps
identify and cater to new, unserved and underserved pockets of consumers, as
well as providing the necessary payment processing momentum to provide
solutions for the unbanked, or in global markets that need greater financial
inclusion.
But Alternet Systems is not content to simply rest on the
laurels of bringing transformative, big data-enabling point-of-sale solutions
to the U.S. market. The company is also actively looking to execute a roll-up
strategy in the digital currency exchange space. Looking to launch a global
digital currency exchange presence via its wholly-owned subsidiary, OneMarket,
ALYI has moved aggressively to acquire its New York State BitLicense, following
Coinbase into the exchange game. The company has already invested considerable
time and due diligence preparing to fully launch a global digital currency
exchange subsequent to the BitLicense approval which, through OneMarket, would
handle digital currencies, as well as foreign currencies, and commodities.
Digital currencies like Bitcoin have become an extremely
attractive play amid a growing mobile wallet market set to hit $16 trillion by
2018 (Transparency Market Research, October 2014). Contenders like PayPal
(NASDAQ: PYPL), as well as Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) Apple Pay, Google’s (NASDAQ:
GOOG) Google Wallet, and Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Amazon Payments, are all vying
to capture big chunks of this much sought after space.
To learn more, visit www.alternetsystems.com
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