Research

Many of the largest issuers in the U.S. have realized the logical connection between T&E cardholders and EMV, in that these customers are more likely than most to spend significant amounts of time in EMV environments abroad. This Viewpoint addre...

New research from Mercator Advisory Group examines the features business travelers value in travel and entertainment cards.

Use of user names and passwords for years has been the most common authentication method for accessing online and mobile commerce channels, but their misuse makes them highly vulnerable to fraud via identity theft. Two-factor authentication is a...

New research from Mercator Advisory Group examines the current and potential market for mobile e-commerce transactions.

Seventh report from CustomerMonitor Survey Series probes online banking usage and highlights limitations of current online channels.

The arrival of big data in the mainstream payments space presents immense potential to those wishing to utilize it. From cost savings to revenue generating to fraud protection, big data can provide players in the payments industry more efficient...

The dynamics of the card-issuing business — and, in turn, those of the banking industry — have changed dramatically in recent years as an array of economic, regulatory, and governmental factors and initiatives have combined to drive expansion in...

New Mercator Advisory Group research examines the trend of FIs outsourcing mobile banking development and deployment to strategic partners.  

Mobile retail payments based on Near Field Communication (NFC) technology are probably this year's most talked about topic in both the payments industry and the mobile telecommunications industry. NFC is rapidly becoming a standard feature in mo...

When teen heartthrob Justin Bieber signed on to promote a prepaid debit card created by BillMyParent, the profile of "tween Cards" got a big boost. Cards and accounts targeting underage consumers and their parents have had a slow start in the ma...