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

2019 Outlook: Commercial and Enterprise Payments

Keeping up with customer expectations through digital means

2019 Outlook: Emerging Technologies Trends in the U.S.

  • Impact Note
  • Date: November 7, 2018
  • Author(s): Tim Sloane
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging
Technology is quickly shifting consumer behavior, the payments infrastructure, and ultimately the supplier landscape.

2019 Outlook: Merchant Services

  • Impact Note
  • Date: November 7, 2018
  • Author(s): Raymond Pucci
  • Research Topic(s): Merchant
Technology is quickly shifting consumer behavior, the payments infrastructure, and ultimately the supplier landscape.

2019 Outlook: Prepaid

  • Impact Note
  • Date: November 7, 2018
  • Author(s): C. Brown
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
Expect a year of change in 2019.

2019 Outlook: U.S. Credit Cards

  • Impact Note
  • Date: November 7, 2018
  • Author(s): Brian Riley
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
Portfolio growth will taper in 2019 as credit card issuers brace for higher delinquency and rising interest rates. Volume growth will slow. With slipping return on assets, managers of U.S.-based credit card portfolios must be watchful for econo...

2019 Outlook: U.S. Debit Cards and Alternative Products

  • Impact Note
  • Date: November 7, 2018
  • Author(s): Sarah Grotta
  • Research Topic(s): Debit
Faster and real-time payment overlay products will launch with the potential to alter the debit card market and other traditional payments.

Mobile Banking as a Hub: Redefining Service Delivery

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: November 7, 2018
  • Author(s): Ken Paterson
  • Research Topic(s): Debit
Mercator Advisory Group sees growing influence of mobile banking services as a hub in defining customer experience at financial institutions.

Pay-at-Table Technology in the U.S.: What Is Holding Back Adoption?

  • Impact Note
  • Date: October 30, 2018
  • Author(s): Ken Paterson
  • Research Topic(s): Merchant
Restaurants are coping with multiple technology choices.

Payments, Blockchain, and Consumer Data Privacy: A Fork in the Road

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: October 25, 2018
  • Author(s): Krista Tedder, Rachel Huber
  • Research Topic(s): Tech & Infrastructure
This report takes a closer look at why consumer sentiment is a risk in deploying blockchain and provides guidance on how blockchain can meet consumer needs for data protection and privacy.

Global Interchange Regulation: Impact on Debit Cards

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: October 18, 2018
  • Author(s): Sarah Grotta
  • Research Topic(s): Debit, Global
The impact of reduced global card interchange rates on debit cardsMercator Advisory Group releases new research regarding interchange fees in various countries changing the stakes for consumers, issuers, and merchants.

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