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

Bad News Comes in Threes: Assessing the Future of Marketplace Lending

  • Impact Note
  • Date: May 17, 2016
  • Author(s): Alex Johnson
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
The hardest month in the history of marketplace lending Research from Mercator Advisory Group examines recent, challenging developments in the marketplace lending industry

Skyrocketing CNP Fraud Jeopardizes Top of Wallet Status

Consumers that are victims of CNP fraud will often reduce both their use of the compromised card and their patronage of a particular merchant. How do issuers and merchants combat this growing type of fraud without sacrificing the customer relati...

The Internet of Things Will Be Prepaid

  • Impact Note
  • Date: May 13, 2016
  • Author(s): Ben Jackson
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
Connected devices will follow the path of mobile payments and use prepaid accounts for payments.

How to Earn – and Keep – Affluent Consumers’ Loyalty

  • Advisory Webinar: Client Login Required
  • Date: May, 2016
  • Author(s): Michael Moeser
  • Research Topic(s): Tech & Infrastructure
Join Javelin as we delve into some surprising features of what affluent consumers want from in their credit cards and from their financial institution. We will also explore how this will translate into mobile wallet space.

Supply Chain Finance Is Coming of Age

Time to modernize your supply chain finance capabilitiesResearch from Mercator Advisory Group examines the growth and advances in Supply Chain Finance

R3 CEV Isn't Building on the Blockchain. Should You?

  • Impact Note
  • Date: April 29, 2016
  • Author(s): Tim Sloane
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging
Benefits of blockchain are limited to specific use cases, so start with a use case, then select the technology.

The Visa Developer Platform: Opening the Gates to Innovation

  • Impact Note
  • Date: April 21, 2016
  • Author(s): Tim Sloane
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging
Visa Developer open platform eliminates the gated community mindset and lets anyone create a payments app Mercator Advisory Group’s latest Emerging Technologies research suggests that if Visa’s Developer sparks innovation, everyone will want a d...

Update on Faster Corporate Payments

The Fed faster payments efforts are slowly moving ahead

Premium Credit Cards: How to Hit a Small, Moving Target

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: April 15, 2016
  • Author(s): Alex Johnson
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
Premium credit card issuers double down on pursuit of affluent consumers Research from Mercator Advisory Group examines recent product developments in the market for premium credit cards

From Card-on-File to On-Demand Payments: New Payment Model and Strategies For Payment Providers

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: April 13, 2016
  • Author(s): Tim Sloane
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging
Consumers are moving to on-demand payments and card issuers and merchants must respond to remain relevantMercator Advisory Group identifies the unique nature of on-demand payments and makes recommendations to payment providers how to remain rele...

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