Mercator Insights

Brazil will be in the world's eye soon as thecountry prepares to host two of the world's premier athleticevents, the...

The last holiday season may have been thetipping point for virtual gift cards. InComm, a prepaiddistribution company, said that the...

Fintech innovation was accelerating rapidly in 2014, as startups and established providers explored new ways to improve payments, banking, fraud...

The estimated arrival time for when mobilepayments will reach mass consumer adoption in the United Stateskeeps getting delayed. Some experts...

The Chinese look forward to their lunar newyear in February 2014, their currency is surging. The end of 2013showed the...

In mid-January, the Royal Canadian Mintannounced that it would begin closed beta testing of MintChip, its digital currency that has...

In mid-January, Mercator Advisory Group senttwo representatives to Wincor World 2014, a biennial event thatdraws more than 7,000 visitors from...

While the weather led to several absences atthe first day of the American Conference Institute's Prepaid CardCompliance Conference last Thursday...

The National Retail Federation's "Big Show,"NRF 103rd Annual Convention & Expo, in New York City January12-15 was action packed, and...

Editor's note: This is the firstof two Perspectives about the NRF Expo. PaymentsJournal will runthe second one tomorrow. NRF 103rd...