GM Goes Shopping: A Car and a Card
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reported that U.S. passenger traffic is only 27% of what it was last year, which...
Indisputable: More Credit Card Disputes
As if rising credit card risks and accounting changes under Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) bring gloom to quarterly reporting,...
An Update on Key Payment Developments in Latin America
Similar to every other global market, Latin America contends with COVID-19. With Mercator Advisory Group's recent market review in mind,...
Other Fish to Fry in Credit Cards: Stepping Back and Thinking about ISO
COVID-19 grabs the headlines in payments these days because of the high levels of risk credit card issuers will bear...
Fiserv’s FirstVision Scores Two Large Credit Card Platform Wins with BOB and Absa
Fiserv racked up two keen client wins, with a large Indian bank, Bank of Baroda (BOB), and the Absa carve-out...
Lack of Confidence: Credit Card Lenders Tighten Standards to a New Peak
Consumers may be watching their spending, but lenders are watching their lending. Credit card lenders tightened their underwriting standards to...
Credit Card Gloom and Doom: It Depends Whom You Ask
Today’s WSJ has an optimistic view of consumer credit amidst the current recession. It appears a bit too rosy. Is it that...
CECL versus IFRS9: It Looks like U.S. Regulators Got it Right for Credit Cards
Mercator Advisory Group thinks that the credit card industry benefited from the implementation of Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL), even...
On Deck, On the Ropes: Credit Card Issuers Can Breathe Easier
Mercator Advisory Group's December 2019 Viewpoint, Credit Card Lenders: Hone Strategies and Do Not Let Fintechs Scare You, raised a...
Economic Stimulus: Running on Empty or Saving the Credit Card Consumer?
The trigger date to end the $600 per week unemployment stimulus is a week away, and as Congress looks for...
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