Mercator Insights

Last week, Verifone prematurely announced thecompany's first quarter results due to less-than-expected results.Investors were disappointed with the announcement, but the...

The recent ATMIA U.S. conference inScottsdale, Ariz. was a well-organized and well-attended event thatoffered a glimpse into the future of...

Taiwan's financial regulator, the FinancialSupervisory Commission, recently announced it had started to acceptapplications for mobile payments. Five small local banks...

American Express last week announced apartnership with Twitter that enables the company's cardholders topurchase products by syncing their card on...

The IIR has asked Mercator Advisory Group to implement aconfidential survey about how our industry views the future ofprepaid. This...

TSYS announcedyesterday it is acquiring Netspend for $1.4B. With thisacquisition, only two large independent GPR program managersremain: UniRush and AccountNow....

PayGate, a South African payment solutionsprovider, stated in a recent announcement it was launching a newproduct that would enable customers...

Financial institutions currently aregrappling with a wide range of vexing challenges, from a reductionin revenues and net interest margins, to...

I read with interest recently an articleciting rumors that Apple may be developing a "smart" watch thatsupports mobile payments. My...

At the recent Smart Card Alliance PaymentsSummit, a common theme regarding the successful introduction of EMVinto the United States payments...