Mercator Blog

Analyst Back and Forth: CVS Pay—One Too Many “Pays” or Just Enough?
Author: Raymond Pucci, Associate Director, Research Services
Date: Thursday, September 15, 2016
Systems Monitoring Is Key to Customer Satisfaction
Author: Ed O'Brien, Director, Banking Channels Advisory Service
Date: Thursday, August 11, 2016
A New Specification Enables a Fast Dip for EMV and Speeds EMV Certification. Here’s How.
Author: Tim Sloane, VP, Payments Innovation
Date: Friday, August 5, 2016
Banking Channels Innovations Can Offset the Challenges of a Flattening Yield Curve
Author: Ed O'Brien, Director, Banking Channels Advisory Service
Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Commercial and Enterprise Payments Advisory Service Newsletter - July 2016
Author: Steve Murphy, Director, Commercial and Enterprise Payments Advisory Service
Date: Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Analyst Back and Forth: Loyalty Rewards Reboots–Plenti and Stars for Everyone?
Author: Joseph Walent, Senior Analyst, Emerging Technologies Advisory Service
Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Observations from FIS Connect 2016
Author: Sarah Grotta, Director, Debit Advisory Service
Date: Friday, June 17, 2016
Reconfigured Branches Require Redefined Banking Roles
Author: Ed O'Brien, Director, Banking Channels Advisory Service
Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Analyst Back and Forth: The End of MCX?
Author: Mercator, Research Team
Date: Friday, May 27, 2016
Did Google Just Make Mobile Account Opening a Bit Easier?
Author: Mercator, Research Team
Date: Friday, May 20, 2016
Are You Relying on Astrology for Your Business Strategy?
Author: Ben Jackson, Director, Prepaid Advisory Service
Date: Monday, May 16, 2016
Back and Forth with Tim Sloane: On-Demand Payments
Author: Mercator, Research Team
Date: Thursday, May 12, 2016
Prepaid Bulletin - May 2016
Author: Ben Jackson, Director, Prepaid Advisory Service
Date: Friday, May 6, 2016
Commercial and Enterprise Payments Advisory Service Newsletter - May 2016
Author: Steve Murphy, Director, Commercial and Enterprise Payments Advisory Service
Date: Thursday, May 5, 2016
Direct Banks are Vying for Market Share – and Deposits
Author: Ed O'Brien, Director, Banking Channels Advisory Service
Date: Thursday, April 28, 2016
Prepaid Bulletin - April 2016
Author: Ben Jackson, Director, Prepaid Advisory Service
Date: Monday, April 18, 2016
Observations from BAI Payments Connect
Author: Ed O'Brien, Director, Banking Channels Advisory Service
Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Bankruptcy Court Is a Good Sport, Allows Sports Authority Gift Card Redemptions
Author: Ben Jackson, Director, Prepaid Advisory Service
Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Debit Bulletin - March 2016
Author: Sarah Grotta, Director, Debit Advisory Service
Date: Monday, March 7, 2016
Alternative Lending Faces Headwinds in 2016
Author: Mercator, Research Team
Date: Thursday, March 3, 2016
What to Do Now? Trying to Make Sense of Fluctuating Interest Rates
Author: Ed O'Brien, Director, Banking Channels Advisory Service
Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Prepaid Bulletin - March 2016
Author: Ben Jackson, Director, Prepaid Advisory Service
Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Commercial & Enterprise Payments Bulletin - February 2016
Author: Steve Murphy, Director, Commercial and Enterprise Payments Advisory Service
Date: Monday, February 29, 2016
Money Magazine Tells Millennials to Get Off the Lawn, Go to a Bank
Author: Ben Jackson, Director, Prepaid Advisory Service
Date: Friday, February 12, 2016
Virtual Cards Growing at Steady Clip
Author: Ben Jackson, Director, Prepaid Advisory Service
Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Bitcoin Declared “Failed” by Core Developer, So How Are Blockchain Startups Different?
Author: Tim Sloane, VP, Payments Innovation
Date: Friday, January 22, 2016
Android Pay! Samsung Pay! Chase Pay! Walmart Pay! How do I pay?
Author: Ben Jackson, Director, Prepaid Advisory Service
Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Why Apple Pay Isn’t a Trojan Horse Intent on Eating the Credit Card Industry
Author: Mercator, Research Team
Date: Monday, January 4, 2016
In-Store Mobile Payment Used More Often by Consumers in U.S. Than by Europeans
Author: Karen Augustine, Manager, Primary Data Services
Date: Friday, December 18, 2015
The End of an Era—Rising Interest Rates Finally Return to Banking
Author: Ed O'Brien, Director, Banking Channels Advisory Service
Date: Thursday, December 17, 2015
JPMorgan Chase Making Big Bets
Author: Mercator, Research Team
Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Prepaid Regulations Should Go on a Diet Before the New Year
Author: Ben Jackson, Director, Prepaid Advisory Service
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Has LG Begun to Balkanize International Payments with a Payment Solution Limited to South Korea?
Author: Tim Sloane, VP, Payments Innovation
Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2015
The Eyes (and Hands and Fingers and Voices) Have It
Author: Ed O'Brien, Director, Banking Channels Advisory Service
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Consumers Are Using Mobile Payments Now More Than You Think
Author: Karen Augustine, Manager, Primary Data Services
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
China Launches New “Social” Credit System
Author: Mercator, Research Team
Date: Monday, November 2, 2015
Observations from the 2015 ATM & Mobile Innovation Summit
Author: Ed O'Brien, Director, Banking Channels Advisory Service
Date: Thursday, October 29, 2015
Observations from BAI Retail Delivery 2015
Author: Ed O'Brien, Director, Banking Channels Advisory Service
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Highlights from World Payments Report 2015
Author: Mercator, Research Team
Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Wearable Tech, Self-Tracking, and the Potential for Gift Cards
Author: Ben Jackson, Director, Prepaid Advisory Service
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Bank Tellers Beware: A Robot Is Coming to Take Your Job
Author: Mercator, Research Team
Date: Friday, September 18, 2015
Barclays’ Rollout of HCE Identifies the Unique Challenges U.S. Banks Face
Author: Tim Sloane, VP, Payments Innovation
Date: Friday, September 18, 2015
Small Businesses Can Help Fuel Banking Growth
Author: Ed O'Brien, Director, Banking Channels Advisory Service
Date: Monday, September 14, 2015
Contactless Cards: Good or Bad for Mobile Payments?
Author: Mercator, Research Team
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Beware of Fallbacks This Fall
Author: Sarah Grotta, Director, Debit Advisory Service
Date: Friday, August 28, 2015
Will Credit Card Style Rewards Work for Prepaid?
Author: Ben Jackson, Director, Prepaid Advisory Service
Date: Thursday, August 27, 2015
Is Transit the Catalyst for Contactless Payments?
Author: Mercator, Research Team
Date: Thursday, August 20, 2015
Alternative Lending Doesn’t Mean Subprime
Author: Mercator, Research Team
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2015
U.K. Peer-to-Peer Lending Hits New High
Author: Mercator, Research Team
Date: Friday, July 24, 2015
Counting Cards Is Not as Easy as It Looks
Author: Ben Jackson, Director, Prepaid Advisory Service
Date: Thursday, July 9, 2015