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
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...
Remote Deposit Capture Supplier Review
August 2008Boston, MA
A New POS Paradign: Hardware as Service Delivery Platform
Software as a Service is a commonplace method for software vendors to offer their capabilities. Now, hardware vendors of systems that include payments capability are bundling their devices and the services needed to create a vertical market solu...
Self-Service Kiosks, Bill Pay and Getting It Right
NEW RESEARCH REPORT BY MERCATOR ADVISORY GROUP
Retail Credit Cards: New Interest In An Old Topic
August 2008Boston, MA