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

2019 ATM Benchmark Market Report

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: November 29, 2019
  • Author(s): Sarah Grotta
  • Research Topic(s): Debit
The Enduring Use, for Now, of Cash and ATMsMercator Advisory Group releases new research reporting exploring market trends and consumer preferences regarding ATMs in this U.S. benchmark study.

Growing P2P Adoption

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: November 26, 2019
  • Author(s): Krista Tedder
  • Research Topic(s): Tech & Infrastructure
P2P growth in the U.S. market is on an upward trajectory with fintech providers leading the way. Apple, Google, PayPal, and others provide consumers a vital service as many financial institutions struggle to provide the needed financial services...

2020 Outlook: Emerging Technologies

  • Impact Note
  • Date: November 18, 2019
  • Author(s): Tim Sloane
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging
Technology is shifting consumer behavior so fast that financial institutions and payments processors and networks are hard pressed to keep up.

2020 Outlook: Prepaid

  • Impact Note
  • Date: November 13, 2019
  • Author(s): C. Brown
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
Unpredictability in the U.S. economic and political environment will likely cause segment shift in prepaid.

2020 Outlook: Commercial and Enterprise Payments

Continuing with digital adoption to deliver better, easier, and faster global services.

2020 Outlook: Merchant Services

  • Impact Note
  • Date: November 7, 2019
  • Author(s): Raymond Pucci
  • Research Topic(s): Merchant
U.S. merchants willing to invest in digital solutions that drive consumer engagement will be rewarded in 2020.

2020 Outlook: Debit and Alternative Products

  • Impact Note
  • Date: November 6, 2019
  • Author(s): Sarah Grotta
  • Research Topic(s): Debit
Investment in faster and real-time payments picks up and the impact on traditional payments is already being observed.

2020 Outlook: Credit

  • Impact Note
  • Date: November 5, 2019
  • Author(s): Brian Riley
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
Happy days are here again as U.S. credit card issuers reverse the downward trend in their profitability as the next decade begins.

16th Annual U.S. Open Loop Prepaid Cards Market Forecast, 2019–2023

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: October 31, 2019
  • Author(s): C. Brown
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
Open Loop Prepaid Loads Continued Measured Steady Growth in 2018. New research report from Mercator Advisory Group shows which segments of the prepaid market will grow and which will decline through 2023.

U.S. Faster Payments Forecast, 2019–2024: Building the Foundation

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: October 22, 2019
  • Author(s): Sarah Grotta
  • Research Topic(s): Debit
Opportunity for traditional financial services technology providers and fintechs to build bridges between networks for more cohesive framework for U.S. faster paymentsMercator Advisory Group releases new research on development of faster payment...

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