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Why iSignthis Had Such A Strong Start To The Week?

Stuart Lucy

Stuart Lucy is an Investment Specialist at the Australian Stock Report, and has gained exposure to funds management and investment banking throughout his career. He draws on this experience to provide macroeconomic commentary and actionable investment insights to clients. Stuart is responsible for writing reports, is involved in delivering Macrovue webinars and provides general advice to our members on portfolio construction. Stuart currently holds RG146 General and Securities qualifications.

iSignthis (ASX: ISX) has been on a tear recently, with the share price up 24% this week on the back of successful product execution. The company recently announced that their monthly transaction volume was greater than $1.1bn, highlighting growth well above market expectations. This has also been backed up by a 28% uptick in business customer approvals at the end of August, highlighting their strong sales execution.

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Figure 1: iSignthis monthly transaction growth outpaces the stellar share price rise (Source: iSignthis)

What do they do?

iSignthis sells an identity verification solution to businesses, simplifying the 100-point ID check required by law in order to open an account of a financial nature. CFD brokers and cryptocurrency traders typically lose over half the clients who said they would sign up, when they get tired or annoyed of the paperwork required to open an account. The company’s signature Paydentity solution allows prospects to verify their identity by making a payment of $100 from their bank account, which iSignthis randomly splits into two payments that sum to the total amount. The only way a user can identify what the two amounts are is logging onto online banking and seeing them.

The genius of iSignthis’ technology is that by logging onto a bank account and reporting the two amounts to iSignthis, a consumer proves that they have done a 100-point ID check. This is because they had to do a 100-point ID check by law to open the bank account in the first place. The new financial institution can rely on the previous ID check to open an account for a new client. This makes it much easier for people to open accounts, and the conversion rate from prospects to clients shoots through the roof. The solution quickly became hugely popular for businesses. iSignthis has seen its revenue jump as firms rush to sign up. The technology has full regulatory approval and is AML/ CFT compliant.

How to they make money out of this?

iSignthis makes money by charging clients a fee, expressed as a certain number of basis points of the money a new customer of their client transfers into an account. They currently make a gross profit above 125bps, very comfortable for a company operating a transaction processing business. Since the technology is patented and they have virtually no competition, iSignthis can easily increase this profit margin.

The main question investors have about the business is its multiples. At over 100x revenue, it’s certainly not cheap and could sell off sharply if it doesn’t deliver a flawless execution record.

 


 

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