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

A Functional Taxonomy of Digital Wallets: Today’s Version, Tomorrow’s Direction

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: April 5, 2021
  • Author(s): Tim Sloane
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging, Prepaid
Mercator Advisory Group implements a taxonomy to aid evaluation of all digital wallets; open, closed, mobile and web based.

A Maturing U.S. Neo-Bank Market: Growing Pains and Opportunities

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: April 2, 2021
  • Author(s): Laura Handly
  • Research Topic(s): Debit, Prepaid
Mercator Advisory Group releases new research on the neo-bank market, the threats facing fintechs, and predictions for the future.

Pay-at-the-Table Finds Its Way onto More Menus

  • Impact Note
  • Date: April 1, 2021
  • Author(s): Raymond Pucci
  • Research Topic(s): Credit, Merchant
The restaurant industry was rocked by the COVID-19 pandemic and now looks for solutions to aid its recovery. An existing payment application, Pay-at-the-Table, no newcomer, is getting renewed attention from tech developers as a way to increase s...

The 2021 Credit Card Data Book Part One: Internal Dynamics

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: March 30, 2021
  • Author(s): Brian Riley
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
Mercator Advisory Group updates annual Credit Card Data Book with projections through 2023 in part one of two.

The 2021 Credit Card Data Book Part Two: Consumer Behaviors, Profitability, and the Larger Economy

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: March 30, 2021
  • Author(s): Brian Riley
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
Mercator Advisory Group updates annual Credit Card Data Book with projections through 2023 in part two of The 2021 Credit Card Data Book Report.

B2B E-Commerce: The Challenges and Opportunities Caused by Digital Acceleration

Mercator Advisory Group reports that COVID-19 fueled growth in B2B e-commerce, especially in marketplace platforms, creating opportunities for many companies, including banks.

Futureproofing Payments: Building a Digital Currency Payment Strategy

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: March 22, 2021
  • Author(s): Rachel Huber, Krista Tedder
  • Research Topic(s): Tech & Infrastructure
Digital payments continue to evolve around digital currencies, stable coins, and cryptocurrencies, and financial institutions will need to determine how they will participate in digital financial services. With FIs moving beyond asset managem...

Developments in U.S. B2B Faster Payments

The march towards B2B faster payments ubiquity continues.

2021 Outlook: Emerging Technologies

  • Impact Note
  • Date: March 10, 2021
  • Author(s): Tim Sloane
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging
Faster adoption of API’s, PaaS, Cloud, and other emerging technologies is driven by the shift in consumer behavior and by investments and acquisitions of fintechs.

EMV Deadline for Fuel Stations Approaches the Midnight Hour

The last phase of the U.S. retail conversion to EMV chip cards is approaching the card networks’ April 2021 mandate. After delays reaching back to 2015, fuel merchants are among the last holdouts. Most will make it; many will not. The transition...

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