What shapes consumer transactions and payment technologies, and where is it going?
Rapid changes in technology, regulation, and consumer behavior continue to reshape the payments industry. Javelin’s payments research team tracks commercial and consumer payment trends, evaluates emerging payment technologies, and anticipates what’s next. Through unbiased research, data-driven insights, and actionable advice, we help financial institutions, payments providers, and technology companies develop strategies that position them for success in a rapidly evolving market.
Payments Research
Reports
Examining P2P’s Remarkable Growth and Promising Future Projections
Person-to-person transactions are among the fastest-growing payment types in the U.S. A relatively recent creation, P2P products have seen explosive growth in the last decade, propped up by widespread access to smartphones, the adoption of P2P s...
Revolving Debt in the United States: Ready to Charge, but Exercise Caution
Credit card issuers acted aggressively to restore revolving debt, thereby offsetting the interest revenue loss resulting from COVID-related changes in purchasing and borrowing habits. However, while growth results effectively rebuilt portfolios,...
2022 Cryptocurrency Trends & Predictions
The meteoric rise of cryptocurrency so far has outpaced regulators, tax management, and the payments industry. The coming year, however, looms as a time of catching up. With global financial powerhouses jumping into crypto, regulators won’t be f...
On the Road to Recovery: U.S. Fleet Card Market Sizing and Forecast, 2020-2025
New research from Mercator Advisory Group details the current fleet card market and provides a market forecast through 2025.
International Faster Payments: A Growing Real-Time Presence
New Mercator Advisory Group research report reviews developments in global real-time payments.
Payment Hubs Give Way to Modular Delivery Model
The modular delivery of services in the payments allows rapid deployment of new wrinkles that offer consumers tailored, highly engaging experiences. This report looks at that modular delivery model and explores strategies to help payments compan...
Real-Time Payments: An Urgent Priority for Financial institutions
Real-time payments, which transfer funds almost instantaneously, are opening new opportunities for FIs to provide consumers with greater financial control and confidence. These are pivotal times, and FIs are squandering their advantages over no...
2022 Outlook: Commercial and Enterprise Payments
Mercator Advisory Group provides an early view into the success metrics that will drive commercial and enterprise payments as we move into 2022 and beyond.
2022 Outlook: Credit
Results in 2021 were stronger than expected for the U.S. credit card industry. Revolving debt rebounded, delinquencies and losses stayed at record low levels, and new accounts grew by 40 million as both consumers and issuers gained confidence in...
2022 Outlook: Debit and Alternative Products
Debit cards retain their “King of Payments” title for another year, but the decline in savings rates and fewer government benefit disbursements signal slower payment growth for debit cards for the remainder of 2021 and 2022. The market for ‘pay ...