Research

The judgment to make about the pressure exerted by the COVID-19 virus on the U.S. payments business hinges not only on which changes are important, but which changes are permanent, or portend permanent developments beyond their implementation. T...

Mercator Advisory Group releases new research on the prepaid market and how a change in interchange regulations could pose significant challenges for fintechs.

Mercator Advisory Group implements a taxonomy to aid evaluation of all digital wallets; open, closed, mobile and web based.

Mercator Advisory Group releases new research on the neo-bank market, the threats facing fintechs, and predictions for the future.

Digital originations help lenders engage with consumers earlier in the process of buying homes and cars. But even the most sophisticated lenders often struggle with extending these enhancements to professionals outside their organizations who ar...

The restaurant industry was rocked by the COVID-19 pandemic and now looks for solutions to aid its recovery. An existing payment application, Pay-at-the-Table, no newcomer, is getting renewed attention from tech developers as a way to increase s...

Fee pressures and the ubiquity of information on funds and other investment product have put the onus on the asset management wholesaler to serve in an advisory capacity, rather than one focused on sales. Portfolio analytics tools enable the who...

As the third round of stimulus payments reached U.S. consumers, most digital banking sites provided little, if any, guidance as to how best to put the funds to use. Banks missed a perfect opportunity to showcase financial fitness tools and conte...

Although financial alerts are a crucial conduit for long-term, proactive relationships, the majority of U.S. banks and credit unions have handicapped themselves in two ways. They are both deaf and dumb – deaf to consumer demand for personalized ...

Mercator Advisory Group updates annual Credit Card Data Book with projections through 2023 in part one of two.