{"id":11120,"date":"2022-03-28T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T23:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/?p=11120"},"modified":"2023-10-01T16:47:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T08:47:05","slug":"oxpay-financial-riding-the-digital-payment-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hans\/oxpay-financial-riding-the-digital-payment-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"OxPay Financial: Riding The Digital Payment Boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t heard of it, OxPay Financial was previously MC Payment and the name change came about after a board tussle for control.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about it <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theedgesingapore.com\/views\/catalist-watch\/chings-plans-mc-payment-involve-name-change-growth-and-collaboration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">here<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, now the company is chaired by Mr. Ching Chiat Kwong &#8211; who is also CEO of Oxley Holdings while his son Shawn Ching is also roped into the firm.<\/p>\n<h2>About OxPay Financial<\/h2>\n<p class=\"resizer_article_body\">The Group is principally engaged in the provision of payment processing services and digital commerce enabling services, with focus on the retail, transportation, and food and beverage industries.<\/p>\n<p>The Group operates two (2) distinct business segments:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>MPS business segment<\/strong> \u2013 The Group provides <em>payment processing services through its unified platform and smart software<\/em>, which can be (a) installed onto or integrated with any smart devices (including mobile phones, tablets, and smart point-of-sales (\u201cPOS\u201d) terminals) for merchants with physical stores or (b) integrated into websites and applications of online merchants.<\/li>\n<li><strong>DCES business segment<\/strong> \u2013 The Group provides its ancillary services, such as th<em>e sale\/lease of smart POS terminals, provision of proprietary and licensed software as a service<\/em>, and white-labelling of its proprietary or licenced software, and development of bespoke software for its merchants.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"resizer_article_body\">To understand why Mr. Ching wanted a piece of the payment provider, we need to look at the inherent value of its payment licenses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"resizer_article_body\">OxPay Financial is Singapore\u2019s first payments company to be listed and possesses four payment licences including the Payment Services Provider Licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).<\/p>\n<p class=\"resizer_article_body\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/oxpay-about-us.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/oxpay-about-us.jpg\" alt=\"oxpay about us\" width=\"1330\" height=\"712\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"resizer_article_body\">Mr Ching is upbeat about its prospects and said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"resizer_article_body\"><em>\u201cYou will not see payment companies in Singapore with so many licences for Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, and potentially, licensed in Europe, Australia and Cambodia. <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"resizer_article_body\"><em>These licences will expose us to greater international communities in the e-payment business\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"resizer_article_body\">The firm also has a target to acquire 4 more payment licenses across 4 countries in the next 2 years namely Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines and Australia.<\/p>\n<h2>How OxPay Financial makes money<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/oxpay-financial-revenue-model.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/oxpay-financial-revenue-model.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1640\" height=\"737\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the above, you can see that Oxpay Financial takes a cut out of every transaction being made (<em>ignore the actual numbers because it may not reflect the actual %<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s also another video to show Oxpay POS accepting GrabPay transactions:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"How to accept and void GrabPay transactions using the ffastpay app\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yMihNXRzIwo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Growing Top and Bottom-line<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/oxpay-pnl.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/oxpay-pnl.jpg\" alt=\"oxpay pnl\" width=\"1719\" height=\"736\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The numbers also look not bad from the onset, with revenue growing at a fast clip of 39.8% CAGR and adjusted income coming at S$3.2 million.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/oxpay-financials.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/oxpay-financials.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1042\" height=\"646\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>OxPay announced adjusted net profit of S$3.2mn in FY21 VS FY20\u2019s net loss of S$1.9mn, driven by a surge in revenue of 53.2% YoY in FY21. Gross profit margin jumped to 62% in FY21, from 32% in FY20.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, you can clearly see that they have written off the one-time loss of S$29.99 million and the underlying profit is healthy.<\/p>\n<p>What got me interested is their growth prospects ahead.<\/p>\n<h2>Series of partnerships to drive top-line<\/h2>\n<p>OxPay recently entered into multiple partnerships in the \u201cBuy Now Pay Later\u201d (BNPL) space and expanded service offerings for merchants via neobanking facilities with its partnership with TranSwap.<\/p>\n<p>Capitalising on its specialty in the F&amp;B and retail space, OxPay has also acquired up to 20% stake in AppPOS, a network of over 300 F&amp;B and retail merchants.<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion &#8211; OxPay to gain from multiple tailwinds<\/h2>\n<p>The below picture probably sums up the whole bull case of OxPay can ride on the Cashless payment trend together.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/oxpay-stock-analysis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/oxpay-stock-analysis.jpg\" alt=\"oxpay stock analysis\" width=\"1214\" height=\"581\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gem-comm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Oxpay_FY21_MARCH22v3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><em>Sourced from Corporate Presentation<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are many positives going for this OxPay Financial business and if I were to pick one, it would probably that the business nature is highly cashflow generative and there is little maintenance Capex required.<\/p>\n<p>On the flip side, there seems to be stiff competition among many POS providers too &#8211; i.e. Qashier, Square and more.<\/p>\n<p>Hence, it remains to be seen if Oxpay Financial will thrive in the long run but there is a good chance for that given the streak of merchants&#8217; acquisition and partnerships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t heard of it, OxPay Financial was previously MC Payment and the name change came about after a board tussle for control. 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