Hang onto Your Hats: 2017 Is Shaping Up to Be a Wild Ride

Hang onto Your Hats: 2017 Is Shaping Up to Be a Wild Ride

  • Impact Note
  • Date: February 16, 2017
  • Author(s): Ben Jackson
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
The year has just gotten started and already the ground is shifting for the prepaid industry. A major acquisition has changed the competitive landscape, and the rules of the game appear to be changing again. What now?
The Enemy at the Gates: Payments Fraud Is a Symptom

The Enemy at the Gates: Payments Fraud Is a Symptom

Payments fraud is one clear symptom of the greater cyber threats now plaguing the industrialized world.New research from Mercator Advisory Group examines the increased global cyber threat, payments fraud, and how to manage the risks.
New Trends Underscore Role of Surcharge-Free ATMs

New Trends Underscore Role of Surcharge-Free ATMs

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: February 10, 2017
  • Author(s): Sarah Grotta
  • Research Topic(s): Debit
Market trends suggest it is time for banks and credit unions to take another look at cash access strategies.Mercator Advisory Group releases new research on trends in U.S. consumer cash use and surcharge-free ATMs.
Business Banking Services: Expanding Online and Mobile

Business Banking Services: Expanding Online and Mobile

New survey reveals that 84% of small businesses visit branches primarily to make teller deposits. Report from Mercator Advisory Group’s new U.S. Small Business Payments and Banking Survey series analyzes use of business banking services.
A Rose by Any Other Name: What’s the Difference Between Debit and Prepaid?

A Rose by Any Other Name: What’s the Difference Between Debit and Prepaid?

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: February 6, 2017
  • Author(s): Sarah Grotta
  • Research Topic(s): Debit, Prepaid
Debit versus Prepaid: What account structure makes more sense for providers? New research from Mercator Advisory Group shows payments providers how to select an account structure for deposit products.
Omnichannel and Branch Banking: Remember and Reward Your Customers

Omnichannel and Branch Banking: Remember and Reward Your Customers

Rewards and better interest rates are U.S. consumers’ top reasons for switching banks. Mercator Advisory Group survey finds that 28% of U.S. consumers who switched banks in the last two years did so for better bank rewards.
Digitizing the Business Cash Cycle: Advancements and Partnerships

Digitizing the Business Cash Cycle: Advancements and Partnerships

There is more technology flexibility than ever before to digitize business cash cycle processes.New research from Mercator Advisory Group examines the business cash cycle and advancements in the procure-to-pay technology space.
Bitcoin and the Global Remittance Market: Using Cryptocurrencies for Remittances

Bitcoin and the Global Remittance Market: Using Cryptocurrencies for Remittances

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: January 26, 2017
  • Author(s): Michael Moeser
  • Research Topic(s): Tech & Infrastructure
Bitcoin and its fellow cryptocurrencies, with their decentralized nature and the inherent cost advantages of their underlying blockchain technology, are being heralded as potential solutions in serving this community (often typified as migrant w...
Biometrics: A Market Forecast for Consumer Adoption

Biometrics: A Market Forecast for Consumer Adoption

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: January 25, 2017
  • Author(s): Tim Sloane
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging, Global
New biometrics technology is reshaping the authentication market In new research report, Mercator Advisory Group predicts the course of adoption of biometric authentication via mobile device in the United States
2017 Payments Outlook

2017 Payments Outlook

New uncertainties may alter the trajectory of disruption in payments. Leading payments research and consulting firm offers complimentary outlook on trends shaping the payments industry in 2017.