
President and Founder, JAVELIN STRATEGY & RESEARCH INC.
Member of the Financial Services Council
James Van Dyke is Founder and President of Javelin Strategy and Research, a provider of primary syndicated and custom market research and advisory services focused on financial services, payments, identity fraud, and electronic commerce. The firm's typical client-base include global 500 banks, payments processors and brands, as well as online billers and merchants such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Visa, EMC/RSA, Experian, First Data Corporation, MasterCard, Fiserv/CheckFree. Prior to starting Javelin in July 2002, Mr. Van Dyke was the Director of Research at Jupiter Media Metrix, where he managed all financial services and payments offerings. He has also worked as a future products strategist for Hewlett Packard. Mr. Van Dyke has held key management assignments in strategic planning, market research, product management, market analysis, product and service launches, communications, technology evaluation, alliance and partner management, and distribution channel development with organizations ranging from startup to fortune 100. (This is me - Update Profile)
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The value of acquisitions like this can be predicted by Javelin's CDA model
July 27, 2009
Oracle To Buy Data Integration Vendor GoldenGate | www.informationweek.com
IT acquisitions are common, and there's an easy-to-use model for predicting when the optimal value exists.
April 2, 2009
Consulting Management Platform | www.fidelityinfoservices.com
-Growth in electronic payments -Competitive pressure in financial services and payments systems -M&A activity in risk management
There's no Downturn in the Market for Consumer ID Fraud Protective Services
June 20, 2008
ID Protection Startup Prepares Commercial Push | www.darkreading.com
This article focuses on one of many startups in the consumer protective services space, as evidence of an "evergreen" market category. Current challenging economic times make investment in this ID Fraud sector a natural, and desperate times could actually bring about increased criminal activity leading to higher revenues. Key companies include Affinion, CardCops, Debix, Experian, Equifax, Fair Isaac, Lifelock, TransUnion, TrustedID, and more.
June 19, 2008
MasterCard Partners with Obopay to Offer Industry-leading Person-to-Person Mobile Payment Service | www.mastercard.com
Mobile PtoP payments are a disruptive technology that must be monitored by financial industry investors, because it requires no hardware infrastructure change, and can be adopted by consumers today to send payments between individuals. All leading payments brands, banks, and processors could be affected by growth in mobile PtoP payments, and Javelin's research data shows that this is a technology that consumers are ready for now. With much focus on interchange fee and bank profitability, the potential for mobile PtoP payments to change payments-fee models is important to monitor.
MasterCard’s inControl Announcement: this is big (UDLAP) news
October 12, 2007
MasterCard Joins Forces with Orbiscom to Create Innovative Platform Enabling Issuers to Quickly Launch Innovative Products and Services | www.mastercard.com
Cardholders crave the ability to control which transactions are allowed to occur in their accounts, as well as which specific transactions, channels and thresholds are used to alert them of specific activity based on conditions they have set in advance. These capabilities may go beyond just preventing fraud losses, but also may have a big impact on which card consumers decide to use or what new account they will apply for in the future.
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Experts in the Leisure & Lodging Council | 4887 |
| Experts in the Automotive Council | 3422 |
| Commercial Printing Experts | 1350 |
| Check Processing Experts | 643 |
| Online Payment Experts | 507 |
March 12, 2009 | Boston
GLG Seminar: (BOS) Payments Industry Opportunities and ThreatsMarch 11, 2009 | New York
GLG Seminar: (NYC) Payments Industry Opportunities and ThreatsJune 5, 2008 | Palo Alto
GLG Seminar: Mobile Payments