Jordan McKee is research director of the 451 Research Fintech research and consulting practice within S&P Global Market Intelligence. He leads a team of analysts based in North America, Europe and Asia that provide guidance on trends at the intersection of finance and technology. As an analyst, Jordan’s research focuses on digital payments and enterprise payments strategies. Jordan has been an industry analyst for more than a decade, having launched the payments coverage at 451 Research (acquired by S&P Global Market Intelligence in 2019) in 2013. Prior to this he has held research and advisory roles at Yankee Group, OnProcess Technology and FM Global. Jordan is listed on the Electronic Transactions Association's Forty Under 40 list and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, TIME, Businessweek and the Financial Times of London. He has also appeared on radio and television interviews with the Associated Press, NPR and CBS. McKee is a regular speaker at client and industry events around the world, delivering keynotes and moderating panels at SXSW, Money20/20, Interop and ETA TRANSACT. Additionally, Jordan is a Forbes fintech contributor and sits on the board of advisors for the Mobile Payments Conference. He holds a bachelor's degree with a concentration in marketing from Bryant University.
Stablecoins are seeing renewed interest in fintech as a means of reducing friction for global payments. Jordan McKee, Sampath Sharma and Nathan Stovall return to the podcast with host Eric Hanselman to discuss how stablecoins are being used.
By embedding itself in ChatGPT via Instant Checkout and offering the Agentic Commerce Protocol as an open framework, Stripe is attempting to shape the technical and governance layer of agentic commerce before it fragments across competing approaches.
Payments managers within merchants sit at the intersection of finance, technology and operations. They help to drive business impact by managing costs, reducing risk, improving customer experience, and leading cross-functional and external partner collaboration.
In this report, we leverage data from a recent Voice of the Connected User Landscape survey, alongside card network disclosures, to assess the state of contactless payments in the US. We explore the business case for issuers and outline how emerging tap-based innovations will shape the next wave of consumer engagement.
This survey tracks the state of US banks, lending, credit quality, deposits and the overall economy. Data points from the S&P Global Market Intelligence US Bank Outlook Survey include average deposit rates for a variety of financial products, credit quality and the overall economy.
The online survey of 106 US commercial banks and thrifts was conducted June 3–July 1, 2025. The margin of error for top-line statistics is +/- 9 points at the 95% confidence level.
Bankers positive on loan growth amid economic uncertainty (Spotlight)
US bankers have a favorable outlook on loan growth over the next year amid a volatile economic outlook.
Bankers expect an upswing in deposits over the next 12 months (Spotlight)
The majority of US bankers are bullish on deposit growth over the next year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence's second-quarter 2025 US Bank Outlook Survey.
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The company offers scaled, multi-model embedded payments and has an unusually deep history serving software vendors. Its three operating models give SaaS vendors and ISVs both deployment optionality and a clear migration path.
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