Overview
Virtualization of payments is accelerating and expanding into new areas like the internet of things and 5G, forcing payments industry participants to become more agile.
Each year, Mercator Advisory Group discusses top trends anticipated for the coming year or two in Outlook by each of the practices except for Primary Data. The present document summarizes those Outlooks in the context of the larger themes we are studying in 2020.
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