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

Fiserv and First Data Proposed Merger Shakes U.S. Payments Ecosystem

  • Impact Note
  • Date: February 7, 2019
  • Author(s): Raymond Pucci
  • Research Topic(s): Global, Merchant
Blockbuster payments pact rings in the new year.

Implementing Payment Card Controls through a Customer Financial Engagement Strategy

Join Krista Tedder and Mark Schwanhausser as they examine the challenges and rewards of launch card controls.

Fintech in Corporate Banking: Digitize or Miss the Boat

Banks need to prioritize digital infrastructure to retain corporate clients and compete in coming years.Mercator Advisory Group reports that the financial institutions and their corporate clients had best quickly adapt to a digital environment o...

Justice Department Reverses Decision on Internet Gambling

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: February 1, 2019
  • Author(s): Krista Tedder, Rachel Huber
  • Research Topic(s): Tech & Infrastructure
On Jan. 14, 2019, the U.S. Justice Department released a new interpretation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), stating that the act does not apply solely to sports-related gambling (as had been stated in a 2011 judgment) ...

The 2019 Credit Card Data Book: Key Indicators of a Slowing Market

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: January 30, 2019
  • Author(s): Brian Riley
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
2019 Credit Card Data Book projects slower growth, leaner profits, and higher risksMercator Advisory Group updates annual Credit Card Data Book with projections through 2022.

Payment Card Controls: Overcoming Impediments Through a Consumer Financial Enablement Strategy

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: January 24, 2019
  • Author(s): Krista Tedder, Rachel Huber
  • Research Topic(s): Tech & Infrastructure
Payment card controls are features of digital banking that consumers want but the financial services industry has failed to deliver effectively at scale. Despite adoption by card companies and some financial institutions, consumer adoption has b...

2019 Outlook: U.S. Payments

Trends from 2018 are accelerating while economic outlook darkens.

2019 Payments Trends

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: January 14, 2019
  • Author(s): Krista Tedder, Rachel Huber
  • Research Topic(s): Tech & Infrastructure
Payments have been slowly evolving for the past decade. However, the pace has accelerated over the past few years, forcing infrastructure and organizational changes to meet the demands of payment modernization. The move to improve efficiency, sp...

70+ Processes Banks Have Already Improved Using AI

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: January 10, 2019
  • Author(s): Tim Sloane
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging
More than 70 different AI solutions currently deployed in banks according to new survey AI in banking isn’t the future; it’s now: more than 70 different bank processes have already been updated with AI according to a recent Mercator survey of ba...

GPR Prepaid Debit Cards Lose Courtesy Overdraft Capability

  • Impact Note
  • Date: December 25, 2018
  • Author(s): C. Brown
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
Mainstream financial service product loses sought-after feature.

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