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

Company Snapshot: Wallaby

  • Impact Note
  • Date: December 10, 2015
  • Author(s): Alex Johnson
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
Optimizing the credit card selection process

Company Snapshot: PayGo Utilities

  • Impact Note
  • Date: December 10, 2015
  • Author(s): Robert Trenk
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
A prepaid service that is changing the way people pay for utilities

Can Digital Banks Stay Digital Only?

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 9, 2015
  • Author(s): Tristan Hugo-Webb
  • Research Topic(s): Global
Lines blurring in digital bank strategies: Do digital banks need branches? Mercator Advisory Group releases new research on sustainability of the digital-only bank model.

Buy Buttons Transform Social Shopping

This report examines how the development of social media buy buttons has capitalized on the explosive growth in consumer ownership of mobile devices and usage of social media. It also examines the power users of mobile shopping and how they alig...

'Silent Churn’: Why You Might Be a Primary FI in Name Only

While many bankers think bank switching means keeping customers from leaving outright, Javelin finds that customers more commonly switch their focus rather than switch financial institutions.

Bank Switching: Combating ‘Silent Churn’ to Maximize Primary FI Status

This report examines the effect of digital banking on the primary FI relationship, explores three types of factors that impact bank choice, and provides strategies for FIs to upgrade digital capabilities to maximize the value of primary status. ...

Transform In-Branch Check Buyers Into Online Check Shoppers

This whitepaper, sponsored by Deluxe, explores the motivations and barriers of consumers’ channel preferences for check ordering. It also explores the attitudes of financial institutions (FIs) toward the various check-ordering channels, and the ...

Fighting Commercial Card Fraud and Bridging the Information Gap

Communication from issuers, card controls, and monitoring technology build confidence in commercial cards New research by Mercator Advisory Group examines current activities to combat fraud in commercial cards

A Glimpse into Online Retail Commerce in 2019

  • Advisory Webinar: Client Login Required
  • Date: November 12, 2015
  • Author(s): Michael Moeser
  • Research Topic(s): Tech & Infrastructure
In this webinar we explore the rapid expansion of overall e-commerce, driven by the mobile-first shopper. We also examine the reasons alternative payments such as PayPal continue to slowly eat into traditional payment methods, such as credit and...

The Emergence of Mass Pay Solutions

The gig economy is driving new payment solutionsThe need for businesses to pay hundreds of contingent workers, sometimes in multiple currencies, has created the need for mass pay providers

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