Christopher Miller

Lead Analyst, Emerging Payments

Christopher helps Emerging Payments clients cut through the hype and the headlines surrounding new and emerging payments technologies.  With over a decade of experience distilling trends into priorities, Christopher’s research offers a key to prioritizing investments into “what’s next” for payments, helping financial institutions remain relevant as consumer preferences and technological capabilities continue to shift.

Christopher’s background includes times as a graduate student and college history professor focused on US Urban History in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A fan of hiking, cycling and travel, Christopher spends his spare time working for Major League Baseball providing technical support for live game tracking activities. 

Christopher has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Gonzaga University and a PhD in History from Marquette University.

Latest Insights

September, 2024
Javelin Report
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August, 2024
Javelin Report
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Javelin Report
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