Christopher Miller

Lead Analyst, Emerging Payments

Christopher helps Emerging Payments clients cut through the hype and the headlines surrounding new and emerging payments technologies.  With over a decade of experience distilling trends into priorities, Christopher’s research offers a key to prioritizing investments into “what’s next” for payments, helping financial institutions remain relevant as consumer preferences and technological capabilities continue to shift.

Christopher’s background includes times as a graduate student and college history professor focused on US Urban History in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A fan of hiking, cycling and travel, Christopher spends his spare time working for Major League Baseball providing technical support for live game tracking activities. 

Christopher has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Gonzaga University and a PhD in History from Marquette University.

Latest Insights

June, 2025
Javelin Report
Global Biometric Pilots Help Smooth the Way for U.S. Adoption

The use of biometrics in merchant payments—such as facial scans and palm scans—has been slow to take root in the United States. But several pilot programs in other global markets, ...

May, 2025
Impact Note
Agentic Commerce: The Payments Are Here, but Are the Agents Ready?

Shifting purchase and payment behavior, as agentic commerce stands to do, is a risky business. As the role of agents in purchasing decisions and payments comes to the fore, expect ...

April, 2025
Impact Note
Payments in the Arena: Integrated Experiences Are the Winning Play

Identity will constitute the future of experiences at stadiums, ballparks, and other performance venues, giving fans—especially the most loyal ones—a seamless journey from entry to...

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