Mercator Insights

An article publishedby Reuters describes the Democratsmisguided effort to cap fees on prepaid products ignoring theoverwhelming evidence that consumer costs...

The question of the hour is:Is credit card volume up ordown in this holiday season?The answer is clearly yes.One thing...

The complexity of the modern electronic payments industry was onfull display in Washington as the Federal Reserve Bank staffawkwardly attempted...

Thursday, December 16th at 2:30pm it seemed as if theworld had stopped spinning as thousands of participants watchedwith bated breath...

As the U.S. market struggled, emerging markets are becomingincreasingly important to international card networks' growth. In2009, Visa saw its total...

As mobile payments gained momentum, financial institutions faced growing pressure to determine how they would participate in emerging NFC payment...

As the rules that will implementthe Durbin amendment to the Dodd Frank Act come closer to beingpublished, a number of...

In all the hoopla about social media, from time to time onestumbles on a fragment about social media being used...

Consolidating the value chain is a core success factor forprepaid profitability. Green Dot would like to buy a bank. InCommacquires...

This week, FIS announced the release of their new iPhone appwhich allows a consumer to enroll in mobile banking without...