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.

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Reports

Blockchain in Corporate Banking: What’s Up?

2016 predicted to be breakout year for blockchain technology in corporate bankingNew research from Mercator Advisory Group examines activity in blockchain technology and use cases for corporate banking expected to be piloted in 2016

2016 Outlook In-Depth: U.S. Consumer Credit Cards

  • Impact Note
  • Date: January 13, 2016
  • Author(s): Alex Johnson
  • Research Topic(s): Credit
Steady but uncertain: credit card growth continues as the threat of digital disruption looms Mercator Advisory Group releases new research on the immediate future of the U.S. consumer credit market

Country Payments Market Profile: Mexico

  • Impact Note
  • Date: January 12, 2016
  • Author(s): Tristan Hugo-Webb
  • Research Topic(s): Global
Mexican payments market soaring ahead Mercator Advisory Group releases new research profiling Mexico’s payments market and highlighting its future potential

2016 Trends in Banking and Payments

The financial services market has seen considerable disruption and changing customer expectations in the past year.  Javelin has been tracking trends. Our analyst team has considered all of the potential trends that will shape and drive opportun...

12th Annual U.S. Prepaid Cards Market Forecasts, 2015–2018

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 24, 2015
  • Author(s): Ben Jackson
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
Prepaid loads continue to grow as individual segments struggle Research from Mercator Advisory Group shows which segments of the prepaid cards market will grow and which will shrink through 2018

2015 Closed-Loop Gift Card Holiday Forecast: Growth Returns

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 22, 2015
  • Author(s): Ben Jackson
  • Research Topic(s): Prepaid
Gift cards remain a perennial favorite, and shoppers are in a buying mood New research from Mercator Advisory Group forecasts growth for gift card loads in the 2015 holiday season

Eight Technologies That Will Impact Payments and Banking Going Forward

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 22, 2015
  • Author(s): Tim Sloane
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging
Mercator Advisory Group identifies eight technologies that will impact banks and payments in 2016Mercator Advisory Group forecasts when and how eight new technologies will disrupt markets and ranks difficulty of deployment of solutions utilizing...

Table Manners: Restaurants and the EMV Migration

  • Impact Note
  • Date: December 22, 2015
  • Author(s): Sarah Grotta
  • Research Topic(s): Debit
Restaurants have been hesitant to migrate terminals to EMV

2016 Outlook: Commercial and Enterprise Payments

Data and mobility will provide transformative platforms for commercial payments.

2016 Outlook: Emerging Technologies

  • Javelin Report
  • Date: December 16, 2015
  • Author(s): Tim Sloane
  • Research Topic(s): Emerging

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