Research

As the U.S. real-time payments solutions are launched, participants in the value chain are looking to define their roles.

Call them internet banks, remote FIs, even “challenger banks”—somehow they have gone unrecognized in the U.S.

Financial institutions have embraced a variety of electronic communication channels — websites, email, text, and push notifications — to spark conversations with customers and prompt action. The robust engagement in these channels has launched a...

Further definition is available, but potential roadblocks await

Mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) systems have created a new and fast-growing market to meet the business demands of merchants.

This report first describes the differences between fast, faster, and real-time payments being proposed or currently available.

International markets for commercial cards remain a good businessNew research from Mercator Advisory Group examines the key commercial credit card markets outside of North America 

Behavioral biometrics can persistently authenticate a user utilizing existing mobile sensors. This will finally eliminate passwords.

Why banks and credit unions should staunch the outflow of bill-pay transactions to biller-direct and other nonbank bill-pay sites Mercator Advisory Group releases new research on importance of the importance of bill-pay services for banks and c...

As smartphones increasingly become a nexus for consumers’ financial lives, their value to fraudsters has risen accordingly. Mobile shopping, mobile wallets, and person-to-person (P2P) payments all offer new avenues for fraud, and much of the nex...