Mercator Insights

I had the opportunity to attend a briefing onVisa' s partnership with the Rwandan government to establish abasic electronic payments...

The battleground for the mobile consumer’s connection to merchants continues to evolve, with mobile self-checkout emerging as a key area...

Reinvestment Partners ignores the value ofprepaid debit cards and focuses instead exclusively on cost. Aswith other consumer groups, Adam Rust,...

A recent announcement from Sussex CountyFederal Credit Union in Delaware that it has deployed newintelligent deposit ATMs would not seem...

Traditionally, the acquisition of a prepaidprocessor is driven by the cost savings associated with verticalintegration. For example, Green Dot can...

On April 1, the network exclusivity rules ofRegulation II went into general effect and over the course of thenext few...

Gift card rewards programs can create unexpected challenges for retailers when consumers earn loyalty points or other incentives for purchasing...

The world has entered the information age,and there is no turning back. Mobile banking, social media, "thecloud," and personally identifiable...

A recent Forbes blog post, by contributor Jon Matonis,takes Square and PayPal to task as "not disruptive enough"innovations in the...

The payments industry has entered a period of rapid change, driven by the rise of mobile commerce, new acceptance models,...