Press Releases

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...

Greenwich Associates Hires Jacob Jegher as Head of Strategy at Javelin

April 20, 2016

Greenwich Associates today announced the hiring of Jacob Jegher as Senior Vice President, Banking and Head of Strategy at Javelin Strategy & Research. 

Suboptimal Security Solutions Leave Mobile Wallets Vulnerable

April 14, 2016

Despite mobile wallets proving to be irresistible fraud targets, financial institutions (FIs) and issuers are jumping into the market and releasing their own wallet solutions.  Suboptimal enrollment authentication solutions combined with poor...

Credit Card Rewards Rule Affluent Consumers Payments

April 6, 2016

In today’s post recession environment of greater regulations and tighter profit margins, attracting and retaining affluent customers is more important than ever for payment providers. JAVELIN defines affluent as anyone who reports an annual...