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

July, 2026
Javelin Report
Emerging Payments Survey 2026: Agent Adoption Surges, Biometric Authentication Grows

Consumer behavior regarding emerging payments is moving in different ways than conventional wisdom suggests. New Javelin research finds that biometric authentication has already re...

May, 2026
Javelin Report
Digital IDs and Mobile Driver’s Licenses: Acceptance Remains the Key Constraint

Issuance of mobile driver’s licenses and digital IDs is rising and awareness is building, yet adoption is stalling where it matters most: real-world use. The next wave of value wil...

April, 2026
Javelin Report
Post-Quantum Computing Demands Present-Day Attention

Quantum computing is approaching an inflection point that leaders can’t afford to ignore—not because it’s ready to replace today’s systems, but because it’s already reshaping risk,...

Events

February 24, 2025 | 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM (PST)
Hear from Christopher Miller at the Identity and Payments Summit as he unpacks how biometric authent...
September, 2024
Javelin analysts recently sat down to discuss the hottest issues in the payments industry ahead of t...
August, 2024
Join Javelin Analysts Craig Lancaster and Christopher Miller as they explore the possibilities and i...

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