The Local ISO: Strategies for Hometown Merchant Services

The Local ISO: Strategies for Hometown Merchant Services

  • Impact Note
  • Date: December 21, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Credit, Prepaid
While many larger providers have broadened their geographical focus as they have grown, smaller ISOs and Merchant Level Sales (MLS) agents are often limited by their local geographies. But this "limitation" is mostly just a perception of the hom...
Call Centers and the On-shoring Challenge: Building Customer Satisfaction Across Bank Contact Channels and Not Oceans

Call Centers and the On-shoring Challenge: Building Customer Satisfaction Across Bank Contact Channels and Not Oceans

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 16, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
Boston, MADecember 2008
Cross Border Payments: U.S. Bank Imperiled by Lagging Deployment of Real Time Gross Settlement Systems

Cross Border Payments: U.S. Bank Imperiled by Lagging Deployment of Real Time Gross Settlement Systems

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 10, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
Boston, MADecember 2008
Innovation Loves a Crisis - Economic Uncertainty Drives Gift Cards of all Shapes, Sizes, and Values

Innovation Loves a Crisis - Economic Uncertainty Drives Gift Cards of all Shapes, Sizes, and Values

  • Impact Note
  • Date: December 9, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
In a challenging economic climate, consumers are shopping with tighter budges and are aggressively seeking the best deals during these holidays. It is anticipated that this will be one of the slowest shopping seasons in decades, with declines in...
Open-Loop Retail Reload Networks: Drivers of Increased Retention or Agents of Churn?

Open-Loop Retail Reload Networks: Drivers of Increased Retention or Agents of Churn?

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 9, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
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Observations from Abroad: An Infamous Sample of One

Observations from Abroad: An Infamous Sample of One

  • Impact Note
  • Date: December 8, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
When a payments analyst (Ken Paterson) goes abroad, he sees the world in terms of... payments. Despite this limited "sample of one," implications are apparent for U.S. stakeholders to see: can chip & PIN be avoided, surcharging is OK (when you h...
The Japanese Payment Card Market 2008

The Japanese Payment Card Market 2008

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 8, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Global
Boston, MADecember 2008
IP, Broadband and Dial-up Access: Will Cost Savings Close the IP Deal?

IP, Broadband and Dial-up Access: Will Cost Savings Close the IP Deal?

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 3, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging
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Brave New World Order

Brave New World Order

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 2, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Credit, Debit
Boston, MANovember 2008
Declining Credit Card Growth 2008: A (Leaking) Glass Half Full

Declining Credit Card Growth 2008: A (Leaking) Glass Half Full

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 2, 2008
  • Author(s): Mercator
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
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