Research

The market for small business credit has exploded since the Great Recession, with various nonbank lenders using innovative credit decision making, digital applications, and marketing practices to carve out a large market of business borrowers pr...

The time is ripe to push digital statements aggressively. A decade ago when digital banking was new — notably, the iPhone had just been introduced — financial institutions cautiously asked customers to volunteer to turn off paper statements for ...

The Canadian market has room for growth, new segments Mercator Advisory Group announces new 2017 benchmark for Canadian open-loop prepaid card.

Prepaid loads continue to grow as individual segments struggle New research from Mercator Advisory Group shows which segments of the closed-loop prepaid market will grow and which will shrink through 2020.

Evolution of Merchant Acquiring in Europe New Mercator Advisory Group research discusses challenges for merchant acquirers in the Europe.

The expansion of e-commerce retailing continues to grow unabated, accelerating with each new digital retailer born, every new expansion of physical delivery services, and the intensifying desire of consumers to shop when, where, and how they wan...

Gift card loads will grow along with holiday sales.

Javelin’s annual Mobile Banking Scorecard analyzes how well the nation’s top 28 retail banks and credit unions are keeping pace. The Scorecard examines more than 150 features of mobile banking apps in six key areas: ease of use, security empower...

Solving the problem of financial inclusion can benefit both the “unbanked” and financial services providers. Mercator Advisory Group releases new research analyzing the state of financial inclusion in the U.S. and comparing product solutions wi...

Previous hurdles slowing the adoption of commercial mobile spend are beginning to fall.