Mercator Insights

The Durbin Amendment has been agenerator of unintended consequences since its initial appearanceon December 2, 2009. In the intervening 17...

The National Consumer Law Center has recentlypublished a review of unemployment prepaid card programs across the40 states that offer the...

It seems industry observers are just waiting fora major decline in credit and debit rewards programs, the formerdue to portfolio...

When you're the most valuable brand on theplanet you attract an enormous cadre of professional rumor chewers,prognosticators, and one-cup-of-tea leaf...

The rise of mobile point of sale technology has reshaped the merchant acquiring landscape, creating new opportunities for businesses of...

The casually-dressed hotel guest had itright; "So you're attending that big credit card conference?" (Mysuit and tie were a dead...

With the publication of our most recentCustomerMonitor Survey Series Report, Consumers and Retail BankingChannels: Old Channels Never Die, I am...

Recently, The Pew Charitable Trust announced theformation of a new project designed to provide analysis andrecommendations on retail checking accounts...

American Express has come alive in prepaid and expanded well beyond the boundaries of the gift card segment where its...

At this week's Smart Card Alliance conferencetitled "The Roadmap to EMV Payments and Secure ID", the programleader for the UN...