Mercator Insights

Online vouchers have emerged as a new force in the prepaid market, combining elements of traditional coupons and gift cards...

Who are the watchdogs in the U.S., protectingthe privacy rights of citizens online? So far it's all in the handsof...

The Spanish banking giant BBVA announced lastweek that they were going to deploy a new ATM designed to enhancethe customer...

Last summer, as Facebook passed the 500 million user mark, wesaw a reported decline in volume for Facebook use in...

A pre-Christmas present from the FCC has left no onesatisfied. The lengthy and often bitter debate over "netneutrality" has clarified...

It used to be that new features were first seen in the luxurygoods category. With our noses pressed up to...

A recent report from Analysis International suggests thatChina's e-payment market hit 725.5 billion yuan ($109 billion) intotal transactions over the...

Contactless payment cards in Australia are gaining momentum as banks, merchants, and consumers embrace faster ways to complete everyday transactions....

So, the National RetailFederation's (NRF) annual "BIG Show" was this past week, andreflection on the event as a whole has...

At the end of December 2010, thePeople's Bank of China published a list of the first 17 candidatesto receive a...