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

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.

The Blurred Lines Between Debit and Prepaid Cards

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 17, 2018
  • Author(s): Sarah Grotta
  • Research Topic(s): Debit, Prepaid
Debit and prepaid cards: are there any remaining differences?Mercator Advisory Group releases new research comparing general purpose reloadable prepaid cards with debit cards and analyzing the subtle product differences.

The Connected Car: Still in First Gear for Merchant Commerce

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 14, 2018
  • Author(s): Raymond Pucci
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging, Merchant
U.S. auto makers and developers are just starting their engines for connected car e-commerce. New Mercator Advisory Group research discusses the emerging consumer market for mobile order and pay systems in cars.

Prepaid Card Fraud

  • Impact Note
  • Date: December 13, 2018
  • Author(s): C. Brown
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
Payments fraud is shifting, with new vulnerabilities emerging as old ones fade.

Fighting Payments Fraud: No Rest for the Weary

Banks and corporations need to invest to counter the myriad, relentless global threats of payments fraud.Mercator Advisory Group reports that the growing global threat of cybercrime creates payments fraud risks that require ongoing investment.

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