Payment Acceptance in a Complex Environment: Banks, Watch Out

Payment Acceptance in a Complex Environment: Banks, Watch Out

New survey finds that more U.S. small businesses use third-party card processing providers than banks, Latest report from Mercator Advisory Group’s annual U.S. Small Business Survey series.
2017 Annual U.S. Debit Data Review

2017 Annual U.S. Debit Data Review

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: June 23, 2017
  • Author(s): Sarah Grotta
  • Research Topic(s): Debit
Digital payment options, consumer concern about fraud, debit network actions, and credit availability are shaking up the debit card market.Mercator Advisory Group releases new research analyzing U.S. debit market card and transaction trends and ...
Evolving Retail Concepts and Venues with Mobile Self-Checkout

Evolving Retail Concepts and Venues with Mobile Self-Checkout

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: June 22, 2017
  • Author(s): Raymond Pucci
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging, Merchant
Mobile self-checkout speeds shopping. New research from Mercator Advisory Group reviews the latest concepts and implementations of mobile self-checkout systems in the retail industry.
Small Business Banking for Millennials: How Banks Can Attract and Serve the Largest Generation in History

Small Business Banking for Millennials: How Banks Can Attract and Serve the Largest Generation in History

This report examines the size of the Millennial-owned small business market and identifies key areas of investment that will help set up banks for success as Millennials expand their businesses and seek out more complex and profitable banking se...
2017 Data Breach Fraud Impact Report: Going Undercover and Recovering Data

2017 Data Breach Fraud Impact Report: Going Undercover and Recovering Data

In 2016, FIs were more vigilant about notifying their customers of fraud than ever before. That is the result of several contributing factors, not the least of which are new processes and increasing use of better technology. One of the most oft-...
Mobile Usage in Commercial Payments May Be Just Around the Corner

Mobile Usage in Commercial Payments May Be Just Around the Corner

Commercial mobile payments is coming soon.Mercator Advisory Group says that use of mobile payments for corporate employees will soon be on the same trajectory as consumer mobile projections.
2017 Trust in Banking

2017 Trust in Banking

Banking is fundamentally an industry of trust. Without a foundation of reliability, financial institutions will see their accountholders flee to competitors. Without established goodwill with accountholders, FIs will struggle to deepen financial...
U.S. Credit Card Debt: Circle the Wagons and Fortify

U.S. Credit Card Debt: Circle the Wagons and Fortify

Three indicators signal risk ahead for the U.S. credit card industry, new research warns New Mercator Advisory Group research discusses coming wave of credit card delinquency due to aggressive account acquisitions
Open-Loop Prepaid Card Management: Strategies to Take Advantage of the Industry’s Inflection Point

Open-Loop Prepaid Card Management: Strategies to Take Advantage of the Industry’s Inflection Point

  • Impact Note
  • Date: June 1, 2017
  • Author(s): Ben Jackson
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
As the industry matures, prepaid card issuers need to be certain their business is properly positioned.
Retail Gift Card Trends in the United States: 2016 in Review

Retail Gift Card Trends in the United States: 2016 in Review

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: June 1, 2017
  • Author(s): Ben Jackson
  • Research Topic(s): Merchant, Prepaid
Closed-loop gift card loads grew in 2016 as shoppers returned to cards. Mercator Advisory Group finds that U.S. retail gift card loads grew 6% in 2016.