Research

New research from Mercator Advisory Group examines the growing interest in establishing an online account opening process for banking products and services.

Mercator Advisory Group survey finds consumers increasingly prefer self-service methods for check deposits  

As the obstacles to international travel and trade decline, the number of international travelers is likely to grow. As a result, around the world automated teller machines and point-of-sale terminals are likely to process larger volumes of tran...

New research from Mercator Advisory Group examines the importance of wealth management and small business banking in expanding and deepening client relationships and increasing FI profitability.

Javelin’s “2014 Identity Fraud Report” provides a comprehensive analysis of fraud trends in the context of a changing technological and regulatory environment in order to inform consumers, financial institutions and businesses on the most effect...

Consumer mobile purchasing surged to an all-time high, reaching almost $60 billion and demonstrating triple-digit growth in 2013. Consumers are increasingly turning to tablets and phones for purchasing despite the fact that many sites are not id...

Wearable Payments May Someday Take the Place of Cash, Cards, and Phones New research from Mercator Advisory Group Examines the Future of Wearable Payment Devices

LevelUp’s mobile payments application is disrupting traditional payments value chain.

Biometric authentication has been a fixture of the public imagination for decades through frequent appearances in futuristic popular fiction. In the year 2014, these solutions may finally make the breakthrough from symbols of cutting edge techno...

Mercator Advisory Group survey finds consumers consider cobranded cards to offer more valuable rewards than bank-issued cards