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

Text Messaging and Mobilizing Prepaid Financial Services: You Can't Beat Ubiquity

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: October 29, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging
NEW RESEARCH REPORT BY MERCATOR ADVISORY GROUP

5th Annual Prepaid Closed-loop Market Assessment

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: October 23, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
October 2008Boston, MA

Re-examining Debit Rewards at the Top Fifty Banks

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: October 23, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Debit
Boston, MASeptember 2008

Credit Card Rewards Programs 2008: Trends, Challenges, and the Demand of Innovation

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: October 21, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
NEW RESEARCH REPORT BY MERCATOR ADVISORY GROUP

Credit Card Issuer Fraud Management: From Technology Inside To People Inside

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: October 20, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
October 2008Boston, MA

The ACH Network: The Bedrock of Alternative Payments

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: October 12, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Debit
NEW RESEARCH REPORT BY MERCATOR ADVISORY GROUP

Electronic Bill Pay: Niche Opportunities Still Abound

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: September 16, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Debit
Boston, MASeptember 2008

5th Annual Network Branded Prepaid Market Assessment

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: August 21, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
Boston, MAAugust 2008

Driving Consumers Toward Mobile Money Services: Lessons from South Africa, the Philippines, and Kenya

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: August 21, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging, Global
NEW RESEARCH REPORT BY MERCATOR ADVISORY GROUP

Merchant Funded Discount Networks: Adding to the Payments Value Chain

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: August 20, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
NEW RESEARCH REPORT BY MERCATOR ADVISORY GROUP

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