This original report, sponsored by MagicCube, examines the potential impact of EMVCo's pending virtual trusted execution environment (vTEE) certification and the advantages and drawbacks of vTEEs compared to current approaches, such as physical TEEs...

In the fight against credit and debit card fraud, merchants and issuers unwittingly create unintended casualties when they decline a legitimate cardholder’s transaction because of suspected fraud. No one wins when a “false positive” decline happens...

As digital commerce has developed over the past 30 years, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has twice ruled on the issue of taxation. Most recently, a June 21, 2018 ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc. now allows a state to collect...

​Bank of America first announced its ambitious plans for a mobile banking virtual assistant in the fall of 2016. Dubbed “Erica,” the bank’s assistant ultimately took more than two years of development to reach customers. Erica went live in selected...

Javelin’s 2018 Mobile Banking Scorecard seeks to help financial institutions lay out a strategic road map that leads to deeper engagement and more lasting customer relationships. It provides a data-driven assessment of more than 200 mobile features...

In May 2018, Javelin published an overview of the nascent market of small-business-focused neobanks — fintech companies that have built a branchless, mobile-first feature set for business owners while partnering with chartered banks to hold deposits...

This report revisits the themes found in Javelin’s 2016 report “Overhauling Mobile Banking for Small Business: Moving Beyond Consumer-Focused Features.” This update of small business mobile banking was undertaken because of the widespread use of...

There are few shows that bring together more security vendors than UBM Technology Group’s annual Black Hat conference. Squeezed between BSides Las Vegas and DEF CON, the conference’s two days of briefings bring together thousands of attendees...

Chase and Wells Fargo have unveiled mobile banking apps this summer that are innovative, provocative, and inherently risky experiments. In the first of two case studies, Javelin examines Chase’s Finn app, released in June, to be followed by a look...

FI bill pay is at a crossroads — and at a virtual standstill. When it comes to the never-ending chore of monitoring and paying bills, consumers are not about to choose between paying bills through their FI or directly at billers. They have made it...