Research

Cross-Border Online Payments

Consumers around the world are increasing their shopping at overseas e-commerce websites for bargains or for products unavailable in their home markets, creating huge demand for cross-border online payment services.

Multichannel Merchants Face Payment Process Complexity

Tools for Managing Commercial Card Programs

Credit Decisioning and Social Media: To Boldly Go . . . Where?

There are rumors of projects underway to mine the increasing supply of social media data to create new credit decisioning tools. Most of this work is occurring too far from view to provide any indication of the potential predictive value of this...

U.S. Fleet Cards: Networks Lead with Real-Time Innovation

Programming the Payments: From APIs to Commerce Platforms

New research from Mercator Advisory Group reviews software development platforms and payment innovation

Top 50 Debit Card Issuers: Rewards and Loyalty: 2011 Annual Review

Boston, MA -- In new research, Top 50 Financial Institutions' Debit Rewards and Loyalty: 2011 Annual Review, Mercator Advisory Group provides its annual examination of the changes taking place in the rewards and loyalty programs of the top debit...