Mercator Insights

A recent article in the New York Times discussedthe change in tenor at the annual Davos Conference in Switzerlandthis past...

F. Scott Fitzgerald once said that there areno second acts in American lives, but the voucher business may beproving him...

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...

Payment security,indeed all security, involves a loop ofactivities:Begin: Assess thesituationSecurity Technology Rule #1:Deploy security mechanisms you know are strongSecurity Technology...

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...

A recent news report from Australiasuggests that more than four million people in the country arealready using contactless payment cards....