Goodbye Passwords and Hello Mobile Biometrics
In January 2017 Mercator published “Biometrics: A Market Forecast for Consumer Adoption” that predicted the adoption of biometrics for payments...
Treasury Still Fails at Giving Money Away to Low Income Families
You wouldn’t think it would be so hard, but it is. Treasury is still trying to get money to an...
The Payment Landscape Trimmed: New Chinese Regulations Will Impact Ant Group and Tencent Holdings
In November Chinese regulators suspended the initial public offering of Ant Group and at the same time CEO Jack Ma...
Visa Drops Plaid Acquisition to Avoid Fight with the Justice Department
In November, the Justice Department sued to block Visa from acquiring Plaid and now Visa has abandoned that acquisition effort. ...
Regulators Continue to Broaden How Us Banks Can Use Blockchains and Crypto
Last year, the OCC allowed banks to provide custody services for crypto assets. Now the OCC has decided to allow...
IGT Patents Method for Accepting Cryptocurrencies into Slots Gaming Accounts
IGT one of the largest slot machine manufacturers just received a patent for accepting crypto into a gaming account. The recent...
Paypal Has Resounding Win: Judge Strikes down CFPB Prepaid Card Regulations
In what appears to be a resounding win for PayPal over the CFPB, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon has struck...
A Crypto Exchange Hacked Here, Another There: Do You Know Where Your Crypto Is Tonight?
Mercator research has documented the security of the Bitcoin network but we also identified that all operations outside of that...
Japan Doesn’t Want to Be Late with a Digital Currency
Japan is mounting an effort to create a digital currency to remain competitive with other countries: “‘China has prompted moves...
Telling the Difference between Identity and Authentication?
This article is a recap of the discussions held at a 2-day Economist event “The rise of digital identity.” As...
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