Research

Financial institutions are overlooking scores of ways to deepen digital relationships with the nation’s 82 million Baby Boomers, typically by assuming it is wiser to double down instead on innovations for mobile-first Millennials. The reality ...

Survey finds the Top 10 general purpose reloadable (GPR) prepaid debit cards in the U.S. New research from Mercator Advisory Group provides a competitive comparison of feature and fees of the Top 10 GPR cards as chosen by U.S. GPR cardholders i...

Service and convenience drive mobile adoption, as demand for proximity payments lags.

Is your general purpose reloadable (GPR) prepaid debit card portfolio profitable? New research report from Mercator Advisory Group discusses measurement techniques and key performance indicators (KPIs) for GPR open-loop prepaid cards.

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.

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 facing headwinds of competitive disruption. Mercator Advisory Group Research Report Assesses Impact of Current Payment Industry Forces in Play.  

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.

Blockbuster payments pact rings in the new year.

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...