Research

New research from Mercator Advisory Group examines the current and potential market for mobile e-commerce transactions.

Seventh report from CustomerMonitor Survey Series probes online banking usage and highlights limitations of current online channels.

The arrival of big data in the mainstream payments space presents immense potential to those wishing to utilize it. From cost savings to revenue generating to fraud protection, big data can provide players in the payments industry more efficient...

The dynamics of the card-issuing business — and, in turn, those of the banking industry — have changed dramatically in recent years as an array of economic, regulatory, and governmental factors and initiatives have combined to drive expansion in...

New Mercator Advisory Group research examines the trend of FIs outsourcing mobile banking development and deployment to strategic partners.  

Mobile retail payments based on Near Field Communication (NFC) technology are probably this year's most talked about topic in both the payments industry and the mobile telecommunications industry. NFC is rapidly becoming a standard feature in mo...

When teen heartthrob Justin Bieber signed on to promote a prepaid debit card created by BillMyParent, the profile of "tween Cards" got a big boost. Cards and accounts targeting underage consumers and their parents have had a slow start in the ma...

Over the past five decades, the Canadian payments market has evolved into one of the premier international markets for foreign expansion. Not only do Canada's proximity and cultural similarities to U.S.-based firms assist in transnational expans...

Around the world, governments are looking to modernize national identification cards, which historically have provided only basic physical and geographic information about individual civilians. With the improved technology available in chip-base...

New research from Mercator Advisory Group examines U.S. issuers' reward products and strategies