Mercator Insights

As we look at advancements in today's bankingchannels, we are seeing significant enhancements in the waychannels are presented to banking...

In October, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK)sent shockwaves around the international mobile payment communitywhen it proposed in draft regulations...

If you're a baseball fan, you may have seenthe recent MasterCard commercial featured during the Major LeagueBaseball playoffs. You know-the...

Although American Express's Bluebird card hasgotten the lion's share of media attention when it comes to thecompany's prepaid offerings, it...

For the past ten years, it's been myprivilege to lead the Mercator Advisory Group and its exceptionalteam of industry professionals,...

Chase recently announced that the bank willno longer support joint credit card accounts. Instead, familymembers and other individuals must be...

Each year Mercator Advisory Group publishesbenchmarks on the size of the U.S. open-loop and closed-loop prepaidmarkets. We have used industry...

Consumers' need for traditional telephonedirectories in the United Kingdom is rapidly declining thanks toInternet online services, which forced one firm...

Last week the payments industry added anotherconsortium, The CardLinxAssociation. The Association, which includes at least twoissuers (Bank of America and...

Judge Jed Rakoff, of the District Court ofNew York's Southern District, has issued a preliminary injunctionto block a 1984 state...