Mercator Insights

American Express announced on August 19 that it has launched a new version of its Serve prepaid card that will...

Lending Club issued $258 million in loans in 2011. Last year, that number was $4.4 billion.Alternative lending platforms like Lending...

Mercator Advisory Group recently published a report from its Prepaid Advisory Service titled Retail Gift Card Trends in the United...

Yesterday, PayPal announced that it would buy the international remittance provider Xoom for $890 million. At an offer price of...

As part of our ongoing Mercator Advisory Group Banking Channels research on the movement from multichannel to omnichannel banking, we...

Bloomberg Business reported on IRS data that shows that while the top income earners in the United States have recovered...

One of the premier payment events of the year in London is PayExpo, which bills itself as “the U.K.’s largest...

This week I had the honor of not only attending but speaking at All Payments Expo Europe 2015 (known as...

With today’s banks and credit unions looking for ways to better serve their customers and members, many are evaluating each...

In the last few weeks, I have written a couple of blogs highlighting the improvement of bank account penetration and...