Asset-Backed Securities: A Primer for Credit Card Managers

Asset-Backed Securities: A Primer for Credit Card Managers

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: February 25, 2019
  • Author(s): Brian Riley
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
Every credit card executive needs to know the nuances of asset-backed securities.With the asset-backed securities market on the rebound, credit card issuers should understand the nuances and benefits of this financial product.
Digital Account Opening in Small-Business Banking: Keys to Evaluating Vendors

Digital Account Opening in Small-Business Banking: Keys to Evaluating Vendors

This report is Part I in Javelin’s examination of the account opening vendor space. It provides an overview of the current state of the market and lays out our framework for measuring a vendor’s success. Part II, upcoming, will feature a scoreca...
U.S. Merchant Acquirers Confront Disruptive Payment Industry Forces

U.S. Merchant Acquirers Confront Disruptive Payment Industry Forces

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: February 15, 2019
  • Author(s): Raymond Pucci
  • Research Topic(s): Global, Merchant
U.S. merchant acquirers facing headwinds of competitive disruption. Mercator Advisory Group Research Report Assesses Impact of Current Payment Industry Forces in Play.  
Securing E-Commerce: Competing Technology Crowds the Market

Securing E-Commerce: Competing Technology Crowds the Market

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: February 12, 2019
  • Author(s): Tim Sloane
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging, Global
Competing technology crowds e-commerce security market.Mercator Advisory Group evaluates the current and future state of e-commerce security and finds promise and peril in new technology.
Fiserv and First Data Proposed Merger Shakes U.S. Payments Ecosystem

Fiserv and First Data Proposed Merger Shakes U.S. Payments Ecosystem

  • Impact Note
  • Date: February 7, 2019
  • Author(s): Raymond Pucci
  • Research Topic(s): Global, Merchant
Blockbuster payments pact rings in the new year.
2019 ATM Security: Taking a Holistic Approach to Protecting the Automated Teller Machine

2019 ATM Security: Taking a Holistic Approach to Protecting the Automated Teller Machine

This report will break down into two categories the risks that ATMs face: logical attacks that focus on the weaknesses embedded within the device’s software and operating systems, and physical ones that involve crooks breaking locks to cash disp...
Fintech in Corporate Banking: Digitize or Miss the Boat

Fintech in Corporate Banking: Digitize or Miss the Boat

Banks need to prioritize digital infrastructure to retain corporate clients and compete in coming years.Mercator Advisory Group reports that the financial institutions and their corporate clients had best quickly adapt to a digital environment o...
Justice Department Reverses Decision on Internet Gambling

Justice Department Reverses Decision on Internet Gambling

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: February 1, 2019
  • Author(s): Krista Tedder, Rachel Huber
  • Research Topic(s): Tech & Infrastructure
On Jan. 14, 2019, the U.S. Justice Department released a new interpretation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), stating that the act does not apply solely to sports-related gambling (as had been stated in a 2011 judgment) ...
The 2019 Credit Card Data Book: Key Indicators of a Slowing Market

The 2019 Credit Card Data Book: Key Indicators of a Slowing Market

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: January 30, 2019
  • Author(s): Brian Riley
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
2019 Credit Card Data Book projects slower growth, leaner profits, and higher risksMercator Advisory Group updates annual Credit Card Data Book with projections through 2022.
Payment Card Controls: Overcoming Impediments Through a Consumer Financial Enablement Strategy

Payment Card Controls: Overcoming Impediments Through a Consumer Financial Enablement Strategy

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: January 24, 2019
  • Author(s): Krista Tedder, Rachel Huber
  • Research Topic(s): Tech & Infrastructure
Payment card controls are features of digital banking that consumers want but the financial services industry has failed to deliver effectively at scale. Despite adoption by card companies and some financial institutions, consumer adoption has b...