Research

Consumers and Credit 2012: Come Back, Young Cardholders, the latest report from Mercator Advisory Group, examines market dynamics for this group including channels used for applications, consumer and merchant rules for card usage, reaction to su...

At the start of 2012, Mercator Advisory Group examined the small issuer marketplace and the buzz about potential new entrants buoying the segment. We concluded then that the small issuer pond was unlikely to refill; unfortunately we were correct...

Retail sales are moving not only to the Internet but also to an increasing variety of Web-enabled devices, many of which are also mobile. At present, this category includes laptops, phones, tablets, e-readers, handheld gaming devices, and others...

In early 2012, Mercator Advisory Group published a report establishing five organizations as the giants of the mobile payment industry. This research note revisits the topic, reviewing the major events of 2012, and determining whether those five...

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New research from Mercator Advisory Group examines developments in competitive small business credit card marketplace

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Between last September and the end of 2012, all of the leading U.S. banking institutions had fallen victim at least once to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Although the main objective of such attacks is to slow or interrupt servic...

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