Research

The Global Contactless Payment Card Market: Increased Adoption in Close Proximity?

A Different Way of Offering Credit:Islamic Payment Cards' Potential in the Global Economy 2009

As the global economic downturn continues, rising unemployment rates and dwindling personal income around the world are driving bad card debt levels at an un-precedent pace. This environment may push developing credit markets into new territory ...

While card brands, issuers and behemoths in the mobile ecosystem struggle to make NFC a reality, opportunistic payment service providers are capitalizing on smartphones to grow transaction volume through information-rich interfaces, account acce...

Rewards in a Changing Environment: Still Important (Within Reason)

Rewards in a Changing Environment: Still Important (Within Reason)

The vision for payment cards has long been to become the practical equivalent of a global currency. Cross-border operability made credit cards indispensable for travelers. But when U.S. cardholders travel in EMV (chip-and PIN) countries, the vis...

Developing new deposit products and new product/service positioning strategies deftly mirroring the zeitgeist of today's economic uncertainty and the increasing conservatism of consumer financial behaviors is an appropriate proactive response by...

Mirroring U.K banks' responses to legislative and legal challenges to their overdraft income, U.S. banks are slowly realizing that trading some fee income for less oversight may be possible.

The Mobile Consumer: Well-Equipped But Cautious