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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.

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2015 Closed-Loop Gift Card Holiday Forecast: Growth Returns

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 22, 2015
  • Author(s): Ben Jackson
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
Gift cards remain a perennial favorite, and shoppers are in a buying mood New research from Mercator Advisory Group forecasts growth for gift card loads in the 2015 holiday season

Eight Technologies That Will Impact Payments and Banking Going Forward

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 22, 2015
  • Author(s): Tim Sloane
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging
Mercator Advisory Group identifies eight technologies that will impact banks and payments in 2016Mercator Advisory Group forecasts when and how eight new technologies will disrupt markets and ranks difficulty of deployment of solutions utilizing...

Table Manners: Restaurants and the EMV Migration

  • Impact Note
  • Date: December 22, 2015
  • Author(s): Sarah Grotta
  • Research Topic(s): Debit
Restaurants have been hesitant to migrate terminals to EMV

2016 Outlook: Commercial and Enterprise Payments

Data and mobility will provide transformative platforms for commercial payments.

2016 Outlook: Emerging Technologies

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 16, 2015
  • Author(s): Tim Sloane
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging

2016 Outlook: Global Payments

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 16, 2015
  • Author(s): Tristan Hugo-Webb
  • Research Topic(s): Global
Disruption across the industry a global theme

2016 Outlook: Prepaid

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 16, 2015
  • Author(s): Ben Jackson
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
A new year brings new rules for the industry

2016 Outlook: U.S. Credit Cards

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 16, 2015
  • Author(s): Alex Johnson
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
Industry projections and predictions

2016 Outlook: U.S. Debit Cards

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 16, 2015
  • Author(s): Sarah Grotta
  • Research Topic(s): Debit

Driving Up the Value of Commercial Card Acceptance for Suppliers

Improving suppliers’ knowledge of commercial card benefits aids buyer, supplier, and issuer New research from Mercator Advisory Group recommends ways to boost commercial card acceptance for business-to-business payments

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