Innovation in Security: Black Hat 2018

Innovation in Security: Black Hat 2018

There are few shows that bring together more security vendors than UBM Technology Group’s annual Black Hat conference. Squeezed between BSides Las Vegas and DEF CON, the conference’s two days of briefings bring together thousands of attendees an...
U.S. Secured Credit Cards Market Forecast, 2017–2021: A Credible Product with a Dark Past

U.S. Secured Credit Cards Market Forecast, 2017–2021: A Credible Product with a Dark Past

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: September 28, 2018
  • Author(s): Brian Riley
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
Secured credit cards: a path to financial inclusion Mercator Advisory Group releases a new research report on secured credit cards, a product that benefited from the CARD Act of 2009.
Business Credit Cards and B2B Payments: Opportunity to Improve Market Penetration

Business Credit Cards and B2B Payments: Opportunity to Improve Market Penetration

New survey reveals that small businesses value more credit and no fees over rewards on business cards. Latest report from Mercator Advisory Group’s new U.S. Small Business Survey series.
Chase’s Finn App Aims to Make Financial Fitness a Lifestyle

Chase’s Finn App Aims to Make Financial Fitness a Lifestyle

Chase and Wells Fargo have unveiled mobile banking apps this summer that are innovative, provocative, and inherently risky experiments. In the first of two case studies, Javelin examines Chase’s Finn app, released in June, to be followed by a lo...
U.S. Mobile Payments Market Forecast, 2016–2025: Merchants Grow as Mobile Goes Mainstream

U.S. Mobile Payments Market Forecast, 2016–2025: Merchants Grow as Mobile Goes Mainstream

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: September 25, 2018
  • Author(s): Raymond Pucci
  • Research Topic(s): Merchant
Mercator U.S. mobile payments forecast reflects lifestyle commerce. New Mercator Advisory Group research report explores opportunities for merchants using mobile payments apps as a sales channel.
7 Ways to Reinvent Paying Bills in a Mobile Era

7 Ways to Reinvent Paying Bills in a Mobile Era

FI bill pay is at a crossroads — and at a virtual standstill. When it comes to the never-ending chore of monitoring and paying bills, consumers are not about to choose between paying bills through their FI or directly at billers. They have made ...
15th Annual U.S. Open-Loop Prepaid Cards Market Forecasts, 2017–2021

15th Annual U.S. Open-Loop Prepaid Cards Market Forecasts, 2017–2021

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: September 19, 2018
  • Author(s): C. Brown
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
Open-loop prepaid card loads resumed growth in 2017. New research from Mercator Advisory Group forecasts which segments of the prepaid market will likely grow and which decline through 2021.
2018 Online Banking Scorecard: Javelin Spotlights FIs That Do It Best

2018 Online Banking Scorecard: Javelin Spotlights FIs That Do It Best

Javelin’s Online Banking Scorecard is a follow-up to “Building Better Online Banking,” which detailed strategic principles that will help FIs evolve along Javelin’s Digital Banking Maturity Path and cement long-term banking relationships built o...
Innovative Small Business Startups: A Look at Four Companies

Innovative Small Business Startups: A Look at Four Companies

Analysts from Javelin’s Small Business Banking practice attended three conferences in the spring and summer of 2018: FinovateSpring, LendIt Fintech, and the SourceMedia Digital Banking conference. Of the firms presenting, Javelin identified four...
Consumers and Prepaid: Shifting Toward Digital

Consumers and Prepaid: Shifting Toward Digital

Survey finds that purchase of virtual prepaid cards delivered digitally remains strong. Mercator Advisory Group survey finds that 48% of U.S. consumers bought virtual prepaid cards, but more consumers still buy physical prepaid cards.