Research

Cross-border payments—traditionally clunky, with opaque processes and fees and multiple potential points of failure—represent a massive opportunity for innovators and disruptors, and the cryptocurrency industry can claim both mantles. This Javel...

Amid the rapid growth of payments flowing between businesses, enterprises in the payments space are looking for ways to grab market share while grappling with a host of challenges: lean staffs, high interest rates, and getting up to speed on new...

Nearly half of businesses, across industries, spend less than $50,000 annually on fraud, authentication, and identity verification technology and tools, making it essential for vendors of these products to anticipate business needs and decision ...

The holiday shopping season is more than the make-or-break time for merchants. It’s also the time when their service providers—the firms that support their operations, marketing, and payment acceptance—roll out new features to help them get thro...

Small businesses make up the largest segment of businesses in the U.S. economy. Understanding the types of payments these businesses accept and the vendors that enable these services is critical to understanding the U.S. payments landscape. Smal...

Small businesses make up the largest segment of businesses in the U.S. economy. Understanding the types of payments these businesses accept and the vendors that enable these services is critical to understanding the U.S. payments landscape. Smal...

Cash flow continues to be a major concern for small business owners. As businesses deal with rising inflation, supply chain issues, and uncertain economic conditions, daily operations will become even more difficult. When cash flow becomes strai...

The increasing acceptance of card payments for payables, instant payments’ reach into cross-border business transactions, and the ongoing attempts to eliminate or curtail paper checks in business payments are catching the eye of Javelin Strategy...

These are challenging times for the issuers of credit cards, the most common form of unsecured debt in the United States. With more than $1 trillion in revolving debt and $4 trillion in transaction throughput, the credit card industry must prepa...

Corporate belt-tightening and a scary economy for consumers will keep digital banking strategists keenly focused on improving access to digital customer service and building engagement and trust with financial fitness in 2024 and beyond. But ban...