Daniel Keyes
Senior Analyst, Merchant Services
Daniel is a Senior Analyst leading Javelin’s Merchant Services practice. He works with merchant service providers, financial institutions, networks, and merchants to help them better understand the changing merchant payments landscape. Daniel advises clients on the effects of emerging payment technologies like mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) solutions, new trends including the rise of Gen Z, and the more technical aspects of merchant payments that are often overlooked such as acquiring and the payment facilitator (PayFac) model.
Before joining Javelin, Daniel served as an analyst covering the payments and commerce industries for Insider Intelligence, where he researched and wrote reports, newsletters, and other content regarding a variety of payments topics.
Daniel has been widely quoted in press outlets such as American Banker and Forbes and has spoken at industry events like Finovate Fall and Fintech Nexus.
He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) with an emphasis in marketing from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.
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