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Andrew Walker interviews Jingshu Zhang about Fiserv and the payments sector, discussing recent challenges and strategic changes within the company.

In this episode of Yet Another Value Podcast, host Andrew Walker speaks with Jingshu Zhang from Guinea Value about Fiserv (FISV) and the broader payments sector. They examine the recent drawdown across payment companies, addressing concerns around AI disruption, regulation, and macro pressures. Jingshu outlines Fiserv’s business structure across financial institutions and merchant solutions, while detailing the impact of leadership changes and operational missteps under prior management. The discussion highlights the ongoing strategic reset, new executive hires from JPMorgan, and extensive on-the-ground research into Clover’s positioning. They also debate capital allocation, insider alignment, activist involvement, and valuation, exploring whether Fiserv represents a turnaround opportunity or a declining legacy asset. See Shu's substack here: https://jingshu.substack.com/ See Trata's FISV transcript here: https://www.trata.com/fisv ___________________________________________________________ [00:00:00] Podcast intro and guest background [00:03:56] Payments sector under broad pressure [00:05:32] Market fears impacting payment companies[00:06:51] AI risks debated in payments…

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Host: Andrew Walker

Guest: Jingshu Zhang

Topics covered

• payments sector
• AI disruption
• capital allocation
• leadership changes
• valuation
• investment opportunities

Keywords

• Fiserv
• payments
• AI risks
• capital allocation
• leadership changes
• valuation
• investment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Guinea Value, Fiserv, JPMorgan, Clover, Trata

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