Craig Lancaster

Analyst/Content Specialist

Craig is an analyst/content specialist with the Payments team at Javelin Strategy & Research. He comes to Javelin after a long career as a print and digital journalist, where he specialized in content editing, coaching of writers, and the packaging of information.

Most recently, he was a senior editor at The Athletic and a longtime freelance contributor to Javelin as an editor and a writer before joining the team full time.

Craig is also the author of ten novels and a collection of short stories, work that has received regional, national, and international awards and has been translated widely. His essays, journalism, and fiction have been published by Writer’s Digest, Montana Quarterly, the Dallas Morning News, the San Jose Mercury News, and others.

Latest Insights

November, 2024
Javelin Report
Imagining a Cardless U.S. Payments Landscape, Part 2

The physical card—whether credit, debit, or prepaid—is the great driver of transactions across the payments landscape, wielded by large percentages of consumers regardless of age. ...

November, 2024
Javelin Report
2025 Emerging Payments Trends

In 2025, Payments will continue to feel the impact of three key trends that have been at work for the last decade and more. 2025 is the time when the nature of these impact will be...

October, 2024
Javelin Report
Stablecoins and the Path to Innovative Money Movement

Cryptocurrencies are making inconsistent progress in the United States. The regulatory environment, at best, sends mixed signals. Consumer attitudes are wary. Even as bitcoin value...

Events

August, 2024
Join Javelin Analysts Craig Lancaster and Christopher Miller as they explore the possibilities and i...

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