Brazil Payments Card Market Update

Brazil Payments Card Market Update

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: May 22, 2012
  • Author(s): Terry Xie
  • Research Topic(s): Global
Brazil Payment Card Market Update
Mobile Momentum: The Promise and Challenge of Mobile Banking

Mobile Momentum: The Promise and Challenge of Mobile Banking

Seventh report from Mercator Advisory Group's 2011 CustomerMonitor Survey Series probes consumer attitudes and mobile banking usage
The Social Cost of Fraud

The Social Cost of Fraud

  • Impact Note
  • Date: May 20, 2012
  • Author(s): David Fish
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
Conventional wisdom in the card payments space is that fraud hurts us all -- banks, processors, merchants, and consumers. This virtual axiom is often invoked by pundits and experts in the immediate aftermath of card data breaches, such as the re...
Micropayments and the Durbin Amendment

Micropayments and the Durbin Amendment

  • Impact Note
  • Date: May 16, 2012
  • Author(s): David Kaminsky
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging
For all transactions under $12, the Durbin Amendment resulted in raised debit card interchange fees. Merchants who specialize in these low-value transactions are now looking for ways to minimize the impact on their profitability.
U.S. E-commerce: Mobile Devices and Alternative Payments Bring Retail Online

U.S. E-commerce: Mobile Devices and Alternative Payments Bring Retail Online

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: May 14, 2012
  • Author(s): Michael Misasi
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
New research from Mercator Advisory Group highlights e-commerce developments and trends
Procure to Pay: Moving from Paper to Electronic Formats Is a Confusing Process

Procure to Pay: Moving from Paper to Electronic Formats Is a Confusing Process

Market participants including banks, vendors, and finance professionals are apparently having a difficult time achieving consensus about the vocabulary to use to describe changes in corporate accounts payable practices. Part of the confusion ari...
A Moment in Time

A Moment in Time

  • Impact Note
  • Date: May 8, 2012
  • Author(s): George Peabody
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging
Somewhere between rumor and fact is a new merchant initiative to build, from the ground up, a new payment system. Led by Walmart and Target, the effort is attracting large and medium-sized merchants dissatisfied with the cost and security of the...
BRIC Debit Divergence: Brazil and India

BRIC Debit Divergence: Brazil and India

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: May 7, 2012
  • Author(s): Patricia Hewitt
  • Research Topic(s): Debit, Global
BRIC Debit Divergence: Brazil and India
Too Early to Call: Five Mobile Giants

Too Early to Call: Five Mobile Giants

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: April 30, 2012
  • Author(s): George Peabody
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging
Too Early to Call: Five Mobile Giants
Delineating the Mobile Value Chain: A Holistic View of Mobile Payments

Delineating the Mobile Value Chain: A Holistic View of Mobile Payments

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: April 26, 2012
  • Author(s): David Kaminsky
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging
New research by Mercator Advisory Group overviews the NFC value chain and major participants in both the NFC and QR value chains