Mercator Insights

In what it’s calling the “first civil enforcement action against a virtual currency exchanger,” the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)...

Last week I wrote a blog highlighting the improvement of bank account penetration across the countries referred to as BRIC...

At the tail end of Visa’s 2nd quarter earnings call, held April 30, CEO Charlie Scharf talked tokens. He clearly...

Ongoing Mercator Advisory Group research finds that banks and credit unions are evaluating a wide variety of methods to identify...

On March 18, I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the annual UK Gift Card & Voucher Association...

In an article titled “Microsoft 'apps everywhere' strategy is winning me back,” published on ZDNet, James Kendrick of Mobile News...

The blockchain is undoubtedly the most interesting invention to have come along in years. The short eight-page paper “Bitcoin: A...

Will international banks soon rely on Bitcoin to move moneybetween countries? American Banker posted an interestingarticle on March 3 on...

PayPal has done well in online payments and has made someheadway in merchant acquiring but has failed to find itself...

Samsung announced the Galaxy S6 (and Galaxy S6 edge) and LoopPay payments on March 1st. The new Loop Pay solution...