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.

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Reports

The Canadian Credit Card Market

The Canadian Credit Card Market, a North American LeaderNew research report by Mercator Advisory Group focuses on Canada’s tradition of forming its payments market on a path appropriate to its market.

Cryptocurrency: A New Growth Segment for Prepaid Debit Cards?

  • Impact Note
  • Date: March 3, 2020
  • Author(s): C. Brown
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging, Prepaid
Cryptocurrency prepaid debit cards are the method of choice for spending cryptocurrency off the blockchain.

Merchant Mobile Apps: Much More Than Payments

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: February 28, 2020
  • Author(s): Raymond Pucci
  • Research Topic(s): Merchant, Prepaid
Merchant Mobile Apps Drive Consumer Adoption and Engagement. Mercator Advisory Group research report highlights key differentiating factors within merchant mobile app landscape.

E-Commerce Fraud Detection Solutions: Market Overview

Market overview of technology solutions to identify fraud across the entire e-commerce process.Mercator Advisory Group releases new research that categorizes 55 fraud platform suppliers from initial online contact through purchase and dispute ma...

Digital-Only Corporate Banks: Not Just Yet

The largest corporate banking institutions are creating robust digital solutions, but pure startup banks are looking at smaller business targets.

The 2020 Credit Card Data Book: Good Times Roll a Bit Longer

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: February 19, 2020
  • Author(s): Brian Riley
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
Credit card profits are back, but issuers must protect against the inevitable economic shift.Mercator Advisory Group updates annual Credit Card Data Book with projections through 2023.

2020 Health of Cash Study

  • Whitepaper
  • Date: February 11, 2020
  • Author(s): Krista Tedder, Rachel Huber
  • Research Topic(s): Tech & Infrastructure
The 2020 Health of Cash Study is the fifth annual examination of US consumer payment habits sponsored by Cardtronics. The study provides analysis of day to day usage, bill payment, remittance, and P2P activity providing a holistic view ...

2020 Outlook: U.S. Payments

Virtualization of payments is accelerating and expanding into new areas like the internet of things and 5G, forcing payments industry participants to become more agile.

IoT Payments: How the Internet of Things Is Influencing Payments

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: January 27, 2020
  • Author(s): Tim Sloane
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging
IoT payments, a payment mode further automating and digitizing the consumer purchase cycle Mercator Advisory Group releases new research defining IoT payments and analyzing the impact the internet of things is having on the payments landscape.

2019 U.S. QSR Kiosk Market: Self-Service Kiosks Gaining Popularity

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: January 22, 2020
  • Author(s): Raymond Pucci
  • Research Topic(s): Merchant
Self-Service Kiosks Gaining QSRs’ and Consumers’ Adoption. Mercator Advisory Group research report assesses the 2019 U.S. QSR kiosk market and its future growth prospects.

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