Research

Prepaid loads continue to grow as individual segments of the U.S. prepaid cards market struggle New research from Mercator Advisory Group shows which segments of the closed-loop prepaid market will grow, and which will shrink through 2019.

With EMV implementation in the rearview mirror, it is urgent to make card-not-present transactions secure.

Increasing digitization, improved cash cycle management, better integration, and faster capabilities are all converging as we move into 2017, but risk management is a clear concern in commercial and enterprise payments.

Industry projections and predictions for U.S. consumer credit cards Credit cards continue to be the most profitable segment for retail banking, but margins are slipping due to changes in non-interest revenue. Volumes are up but the industry must...

Adapting to the public’s changing expectations of financial institutions will stabilize their course.

In 2016, the debit card and pay now market found itself managing through the unexpected consequences of a changing market. If anything can be predicted for 2017, it is more unpredictability.

Three new technologies are vital for payments. Three technologies need to be embraced immediately by the payments industry. They are tokenization, machine learning, and APIs. These three are important to consider when making any investment plans...

Every merchant makes significant investment in new services brought on by enhancements to their payments systems. Each year brings an expanding array of new vendor solutions for merchants’ consideration, and 2017 will be no different. Mercator A...

Another year of regulatory uncertainty

In this report, Javelin examines the current state of the mobile channel in handling the banking and payments tasks of small business customers, outlines eight areas of opportunity for immediate development, explores the specific roles of smartp...