What shapes consumer transactions and payment technologies, and where is it going?
Any conventional wisdom about payments—how they’re made, the currencies being used, the cards presently in favor—doesn’t last long before the next wave of technology, innovation, and regulation. Javelin’s analysts conduct research at the forefront of payments, identifying the emerging trends for financial services companies and payments providers and offering insight into how they can best position themselves not just for what is current but also for what is coming.
Payments Research
Reports
New Opportunities in Merchant Aggregation
Merchant aggregation is gaining prominence in the payments industry in a growing number of implementations, but only last year did Visa finally expand its aggregation rules beyond e-commerce to cover all merchant types. Though the aggregato...
Mobile Deposit Capture Will Significantly Expand the Prepaid Market
The major payment networks are working with technology companies to capture check images for deposit into prepaid card accounts. This capability will expand the market for prepaid financial services products by directly challenging existing alte...
Small Business Debit Issuers Should Embrace Relationship-Based Rewards
Many small business debit issues discontinued rewards programs in response to Regulation II, but this isn't the only option. Debit issuers still looking for new ways to differentiate small business offerings should consider rewards based on a ho...
The U.S. Merchant Acquiring Industry in 2012: Embracing Disruption
Boston, MA -- Now in its sixth iteration, Mercator Advisory Group's annual report on the U.S. merchant acquiring market, The U.S. Merchant Acquiring Industry in 2012: Embracing Disruption, discusses market performance of the largest U.S. acquire...
Ninth Annual U.S Open-Loop Prepaid Cards Market Assessment and Prepaid Industry Overview
Ninth Annual U.S Open-Loop Prepaid Cards Market Assessment and Prepaid Industry Overview
Ninth Annual U.S Closed-Loop Prepaid Cards Market Assessment
Boston, MA -- The Ninth Annual U.S. Closed-Loop Prepaid Cards Market Assessment report is the second of the annual trilogy of closely followed prepaid benchmark reports (Open-Loop, Closed-Loop, and Prepaid Market Forecast) that provide a thoroug...
Next Generation Debit: The Final Frontier
The traditional debit card account is being quietly supplanted by developers using proxy currencies and token accounts to create new forms of pay now products.In a new report, Next Generation Debit: The Final Frontier, Mercator Advisory Group ex...
Procure-to-Pay Automation: Corporate Payment Solutions Explained
The potential cost savings of business process automation is catching the attention of treasury executives. This research note outlines the value proposition for procure-to-pay automation and the current positioning of selected industry solution...
The Dangers of Public Wi-Fi: Fraud Implications of Sniffer-Based Attacks
Hackers are able to develop tools known as sniffers that allow them to access certain website accounts of users sharing a Wi-Fi network. This research note describes this process, identifies certain websites that are particularly vulnerable, and...
Premium Debit: Not So Heavy Metals
Premium credit cards have evolved from gold to platinum to black as a means of maintaining elite card relevance and appeal to high-net-worth account holders. Premium debit cards, in contrast, haven't found a similar market, at least in the Unite...