What shapes consumer transactions and payment technologies, and where is it going?
Rapid changes in technology, regulation, and consumer behavior continue to reshape the payments industry. Javelin’s payments research team tracks commercial and consumer payment trends, evaluates emerging payment technologies, and anticipates what’s next. Through unbiased research, data-driven insights, and actionable advice, we help financial institutions, payments providers, and technology companies develop strategies that position them for success in a rapidly evolving market.
Payments Research
Reports
A SWIFT Disruption? Bitcoin and Peer-to-Peer Models Challenge the Remittance Business
Will Bitcoin Disrupt Western Union and Xoom? This Mercator Advisory Group research looks at potential for Bitcoin and peer-to-peer models to drive down costs of cross-border remittances
Company Snapshot: GoBank
As banking customers begin to embrace mobility as the foundation for many of their daily transactions, new market entrants are offering innovative solutions that compete effectively with those offered by traditional banks and credit unions.
Company Snapshot: CSI Enterprises, Inc., globalVCard
Making a statement for the possibilities of virtual cards
Credit Card Market Update: The Future Brightens for U.S. Issuers
Consumer Credit Card Growth Accelerates in 2014 Mercator Advisory Group releases research on the improved performance of U.S. consumer credit card market
Tech-Savvy Moneyhawks’ Use of Bill-Pay Reinvigorates Online Banking in 2019
By 2019, online banking will be adopted by 90% of U.S. households. After reaching such saturation, where are areas of opportunity for financial institutions (FIs), billers, third-party bill pay apps, and financial technology and payment vendors?...
EMV Hazards for Prepaid
The higher card production costs of chip cards have led many prepaid providers to delay plans for adding EMV to their programs, but they face risks of being forced into speedier conversion than they would like and the possibility of increased fr...
Happy Holidays for Gift Cards? Retailers Face Two Possible Gift Card Futures
Happy Holidays for Gift Card Issuers? The Next Two Months Will Tell New research from Mercator Advisory Group suggests two possible scenarios for gift card loads in the 2014 holiday season.
Faster Payments Coming Soon: The Path to Near Real-Time Payments in the U.S.
Are Real-Time Payments Here, Around the Corner, or Coming in the Next Five Years?—It Depends Who You Ask Mercator Advisory Group research considers opportunities for service vendors and financial institutions in real-time payments in the United...
The Rising Tide of CNP Fraud in a post-EMV Market
On the eve of one of the most significant change in the history of U.S. payments, stakeholders wrestle with the question of what EMV will mean for fraud across not only the point-of-sale (POS), but also card-not-present (CNP) transactions. Javel...
11th Annual U.S. Prepaid Cards Market Forecasts, 2014–2017
Prepaid Loads Continue to Grow as Individual Segments Struggle Research from Mercator Advisory Group shows which segments of the prepaid market will grow, and which will shrink through 2017.