Mercator Insights

At the recent Smart Card Alliance PaymentsSummit, a common theme regarding the successful introduction of EMVinto the United States payments...

While many citizens in developed countrieshave access to bank accounts and other financial services,populations in many fast-growing developing economies have...

Which agency regulates prepaid cards? At the American Conference Institute's Seventh National Forum onPrepaid Compliance last week I have learned...

A recent trip to Singapore that includedstops in Tokyo and London offered insight into the ever-evolvingand ever-changing global banking channels...

US News & World Report recently publishedan article entitled "ThePerils of Prepaid Debit Cards" by Susan Johnston thatidentified many reasons...

Compared with their counterparts in theUnited States and Asia, European banks in general have fallenbehind consumer demand for mobile banking...

On Sunday, merchants in the United Stateswill be able to impose a surcharge fee on credit card transactionsfor the first...

Citibank India is trying to further exploreIndian card market opportunities by creating a Square-like solutionfor the local merchants.From Finextra:The Reserve...

There are certainly a lot of cost concerns onboth the issuing side of the payment card space as well as...

A recent article on CNBC.com entitled "Why GiftCards May Be Dying Trend" suggests consumers are buying fewergift cards and retailers...