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
5th Annual Prepaid Closed-loop Market Assessment
October 2008Boston, MA
Re-examining Debit Rewards at the Top Fifty Banks
Boston, MASeptember 2008
Credit Card Rewards Programs 2008: Trends, Challenges, and the Demand of Innovation
NEW RESEARCH REPORT BY MERCATOR ADVISORY GROUP
Credit Card Issuer Fraud Management: From Technology Inside To People Inside
October 2008Boston, MA
The ACH Network: The Bedrock of Alternative Payments
NEW RESEARCH REPORT BY MERCATOR ADVISORY GROUP
Electronic Bill Pay: Niche Opportunities Still Abound
Boston, MASeptember 2008
5th Annual Network Branded Prepaid Market Assessment
Boston, MAAugust 2008
Driving Consumers Toward Mobile Money Services: Lessons from South Africa, the Philippines, and Kenya
NEW RESEARCH REPORT BY MERCATOR ADVISORY GROUP
Merchant Funded Discount Networks: Adding to the Payments Value Chain
NEW RESEARCH REPORT BY MERCATOR ADVISORY GROUP
Patience and the Win/Win: Broadband and the Rural Financial Institution
Sometimes the merits of a technology are obvious like mobile telephones and word processors. But others demand the right problem and the right provider to make economic sense. Wireless broadband for rural banking applications is one. Despite rel...