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

U.S. Fleet Cards: Networks Lead with Real-Time Innovation

U.S. Fleet Cards: Networks Lead with Real-Time Innovation

Programming the Payments: From APIs to Commerce Platforms

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: March 26, 2012
  • Author(s): George Peabody
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging
New research from Mercator Advisory Group reviews software development platforms and payment innovation

Top 50 Debit Card Issuers: Rewards and Loyalty: 2011 Annual Review

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: March 26, 2012
  • Author(s): Patricia Hewitt
  • Research Topic(s): Debit
Boston, MA -- In new research, Top 50 Financial Institutions' Debit Rewards and Loyalty: 2011 Annual Review, Mercator Advisory Group provides its annual examination of the changes taking place in the rewards and loyalty programs of the top debit...

European Online Payments

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: March 22, 2012
  • Author(s): Terry Xie
  • Research Topic(s): Global
European Online Payments

Grasping the Benefits of Prepaid: A Battle Plan for Banks

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: March 21, 2012
  • Author(s): Tim Sloane
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
Grasping the Benefits of Prepaid: A Battle Plan for Banks

Commercial Cards: Evaluating Multinational Card Programs

Commercial Cards: Evaluating Multinational Card Programs

Debit Processing Solutions: 2012 Review

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: March 19, 2012
  • Author(s): Patricia Hewitt
  • Research Topic(s): Debit
Debit Processing Solutions: 2012 Review

Commercial Card Technology and Working Capital Optimization

Corporations are discovering new methods of executing payments though card networks, contributing to the steady decline in check volume. B2B payments will undergo changes in cost structures, and the analysis of spending and payments data suggest...

Small Credit Card Issuers 2012: Waiting for a Renaissance

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: March 11, 2012
  • Author(s): Ken Paterson
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
Small Credit Card Issuers 2012: Waiting for a Renaissance

What's In Store for Merchant Acquirers? Three Trends to Track in 2012

  • Impact Note
  • Date: March 7, 2012
  • Author(s): David Fish
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
This year promises to be one of expansion for the merchant acquiring industry. Three of the most important trends in payments and commerce impacting acquirers in 2012 are mobility, multi-channel merchant services, and risk management. This Viewp...

Talk to our payments experts