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

Merchant Cash Advance: Industry Primer and 2008 Outlook

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: February 21, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
The Merchant Cash Advance (MCA) market will likely face increased M&A and start-up activity and formations of new alliances in 2008 as existing players consolidate and speculators who were singed by the subprime mortgage crisis seek new revenue ...

SEPA for Cards: Uncertainty Remains after the Deadline

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: February 11, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Global
Boston, MAFebruary 2008

International B2B Payments: State and Future of the Marketplace

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: February 10, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Debit, Global

Remote Deposit Capture for the Consumer

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: January 29, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Debit
Remote Deposit Capture for the Consumer

Australian Interchange Regulation: Credit Card Issuer Effects

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 30, 2007
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Credit, Global
December 2007Boston, MA

Commercial Cards and the Multinational Space: One Small Slice of the Global Commercial Payments Pie

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 30, 2007
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Credit, Global
Boston, MADecember 2007

Online Security Review 2007: Better Defenses, Still Exposed

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 30, 2007
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging

Unlocking Customer Loyalty in Asia's Card Markets

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 30, 2007
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Global
Boston, MADecember 2007

Prepaid Distribution Opportunities

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 18, 2007
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
Prepaid Distribution OpportunitiesNEW RESEARCH REPORT BY MERCATOR ADVISORY GROUP

International Transit and Payment: Finding the Contactless Breakout Strategy

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 16, 2007
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging, Global
Boston, MADecember 2007

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