Press Releases

The Future of Biometrics is Here: Are Consumers Willing to Adopt?

August 24, 2016

Securing card and mobile wallet transactions while meeting customer’s demands for streamlined experiences requires a variety of solutions that reach beyond what happens at the payment terminal.

Apple, Android & Samsung "Pays" Fail to Drive Repeat Mobile Wallet Purchases

August 17, 2016

While consumer adoption of mobile wallets continues to rise, monthly mobile wallet use has dipped 20%. The three major “Pays”--Apple Pay, Android Pay, and Samsung Pay-- are failing to encourage consumers to reach for their phones instead of their...

Commoditization Looms For Small Business Banking--Bank Switching on the Horizon

August 4, 2016

As technology and increased choice allow small businesses to spread their financial accounts across various institutions, bankers need to be thinking about how to retain their customers by using digital banking to position themselves as a trusted...

Consumers Avoid Tablets for Mobile Banking

July 27, 2016

Since the iPad’s introduction in 2010, tablet adoption has enjoyed meteoric growth and appears to have every reason to succeed as a banking platform. So why has innovation and development slowed to a crawl for tablet-specific functionality, leaving...

Internet of Things (IoT) Triggers New Impulse E-commerce Purchasing

July 14, 2016

JAVELIN examines the new IoT and mobile devices and applications consumers are using to quickly and efficiently purchase through online and mobile channels in it's new report, Online Retail Payments Forecast 2016. Almost 1 in every 2...

Sale of Anthem SSN Data Could Result in Nearly 10 Million Fraud Victims

June 23, 2016

Data theft from government agencies, healthcare providers, financial institutions, telecoms, retailers, and social networks proved that no industry is immune from attack.  JAVELIN assesses how the relationship between data breaches and...

Announcing 2016 JAVELIN Identity Protection Leaders: EZShield, ID Watchdog, IdentityForce, LifeLock, and TransUnion

June 8, 2016

EZShield, ID Watchdog, IdentityForce, LifeLock, and TransUnion earned top marks as identity protection leaders, according to JAVELIN.

Small Businesses Turn to Alternative Lenders

May 19, 2016

Alternative lending has sprung up during a highly favorable credit environment, carving out a market based on smarter credit decisioning, speedier access to funds, a sleek user experience, and contextual marketing. Players like OnDeck, Kabbage, and...

Top Banks Meet Customer Expectations For Mobile Banking Channel

May 19, 2016

Half of the U.S. adult population now banks using smartphones and tablets, which is 29 million more than last year. This dramatic shift in consumers’ channel preferences puts pressure on financial institutions to innovate in the space to meet...

Over 250,000 Small Businesses Are Targets of Fraud: Picking up the $3.1 Billion Pieces

May 3, 2016

Motivated by opportunity and greed, fraudsters have found ripe targets in small businesses (those with less than $10 million in revenue).  In 2015, fraudsters were successful in developing new approaches designed specifically for compromising...