The Impact of Contactless Cards on the U.K.’s Mobile Payments Future

The Impact of Contactless Cards on the U.K.’s Mobile Payments Future

  • Impact Note
  • Date: September 22, 2015
  • Author(s): Tristan Hugo-Webb
  • Research Topic(s): Global
The contactless revolution is likely to delay consumer adoption of mobile payments. In the United Kingdom, consumer use of contactless cards is surging as the number of contactless cards and terminals rises. Concurrently, mobile payments are str...
A Thought Experiment: Could Credit Cards Disappear?

A Thought Experiment: Could Credit Cards Disappear?

  • Impact Note
  • Date: September 10, 2015
  • Author(s): Alex Johnson
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
Investigating a thoroughly disruptive possible future for the U.S. consumer credit card market
How Many Sidechains Can Bitcoin Economics Support?

How Many Sidechains Can Bitcoin Economics Support?

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: September 9, 2015
  • Author(s): Tim Sloane
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging
Mercator Advisory Group Identifies How VC Investments Could Cripple Bitcoin Stocks, Titles, Software Distribution—New research shows how venture capital funding new solutions using the blockchain could cripple the Bitcoin economy
SMB Payments Fraud Report: Preserving Relationships by Securing Accounts and Managing Mobile

SMB Payments Fraud Report: Preserving Relationships by Securing Accounts and Managing Mobile

This new report, the SMB Payments Fraud Report: Preserving Relationships by Securing Accounts and Managing Mobile, not only expands on what we have undertaken in Commercial Payments, but also upon years of custom research experience in areas suc...
Executive Insight: Are the U.S. Chip Rules Enough

Executive Insight: Are the U.S. Chip Rules Enough

  • Impact Note
  • Date: September 8, 2015
  • Author(s): Arthur Kranzley
  • Research Topic(s): Credit, Debit
A longer term view of security and the payments landscape is needed.
Have The Alternative Payment Providers Won?

Have The Alternative Payment Providers Won?

  • Impact Note
  • Date: September 4, 2015
  • Author(s): Sarah Grotta
  • Research Topic(s): Debit
Banks and credit unions are finding innovation difficult in a heavily regulated marketplace.
Consumers and Prepaid: Young, Mobile, and Affluent Drive Growth

Consumers and Prepaid: Young, Mobile, and Affluent Drive Growth

Survey Finds 2 in 5 GPR Card Users and Mobile Payers Were Turned Down for a New Bank Account Mercator Advisory Group survey finds prepaid buyers increasingly younger and mobile-enabled
Global Interchange Regulation: Pandora’s Box for Commercial Cards?

Global Interchange Regulation: Pandora’s Box for Commercial Cards?

Regulation could affect the future of commercial card programs Mercator Advisory Group examines recent global regulations regarding payment card interchange and fees and their potential impact on commercial cards
Migrating to EMV: The (Not So) Final Countdown

Migrating to EMV: The (Not So) Final Countdown

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: August 12, 2015
  • Author(s): Alex Johnson
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
U.S. migration to EMV slows as the October liability shift looms Updated Mercator Advisory Group projections indicate a slower than expected transition to EMV due to unanticipated complexities
European E-Commerce Alternative Payment Providers Gaining Momentum

European E-Commerce Alternative Payment Providers Gaining Momentum

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: August 11, 2015
  • Author(s): Tristan Hugo-Webb
  • Research Topic(s): Global
Can Alternative Payment Methods Challenge Cards for E-Commerce Transactions? Mercator Advisory Group releases new research examining European landscape of e-commerce alternative payment solutions