What shapes consumer transactions and payment technologies, and where is it going?

Any conventional wisdom about payments—how they’re made, the currencies being used, the cards presently in favor—doesn’t last long before the next wave of technology, innovation, and regulation. Javelin’s analysts conduct research at the forefront of payments, identifying the emerging trends for financial services companies and payments providers and offering insight into how they can best position themselves not just for what is current but also for what is coming.

Payments Research

Reports

Deepening Customer Relationships with Wealth Management Banking

Expanded Opportunities in the Wealth Management Banking Market  New research from Mercator Advisory Group examines the importance of engaging with wealth management clients to grow long-lasting and profitable banking relationships.

PayPal’s Future: What Separation from eBay Will Mean

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: October 14, 2014
  • Author(s): Nikhil Joseph
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging, Global
PayPal’s Future Growth Will Derive from In-Store and Mobile Payments New research from Mercator Advisory Group reviews PayPal’s opportunities post eBay

How to Deliver the 3 Cs of Digital Banking: Convenience, Control, and Confidence

Can bankers and consumers both have it all? Bankers crave tighter, more profitable relationships with their highest-value customers. Those consumers are increasingly demanding “view + do” digital banking capabilities -- anytime, anywhere, any ch...

Merchant-Funded Rewards: Issuers Regroup After Disappointment

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: October 10, 2014
  • Author(s): Michael Misasi
  • Research Topic(s): Credit, Debit
Opportunity Awaits Participants in Emerging Merchant-Funded Rewards Industry Research from Mercator Advisory Group discusses how card issuers can capture the potential of merchant-funded rewards

Company Snapshot: Jumio

  • Impact Note
  • Date: October 8, 2014
  • Author(s): Ronald Mazursky
  • Research Topic(s): Debit
Jumio’s credential scanning and authentication technology reduces ID fraud and mobile payment friction

Decoupled Debit: A Product Whose Time Has Come (Again)

  • Impact Note
  • Date: October 8, 2014
  • Author(s): Ronald Mazursky
  • Research Topic(s): Debit
Enthusiasm for decoupled debit cards ebbs and flows, but the value proposition persists

Surveying the Global Prepaid Travel Card Landscape

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: October 8, 2014
  • Author(s): Ben Jackson
  • Research Topic(s): Global, Prepaid
Prepaid Travel Cards: The Next Big Thing? Mercator Advisory Group releases research, Surveying the Global Prepaid Travel Card Landscape

Mobile Wallets Analysis and Strategy: How the Game Changes With Apple Pay

This report dissects the Apple Pay model, provides a state of the union look at the mobile wallet ecosystem, assesses strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the top 10 wallets, covers 16 wallet models  in total, and advises fi...

Deepening Customer Relationships with Small Business Banking

Opportunities Abound in the Small Business Banking Market New research from Mercator Advisory Group examines the importance of small business banking for financial institutions’ growth

Co-Branded Credit Cards: A 2014 Product Review

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: October 1, 2014
  • Author(s): Michael Misasi
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
New Features Emerging to Differentiate Co-branded Credit Cards New research presents an updated review and comparison of co-branded credit card programs in the United States

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