John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker. John interviews top executives in the payments, cryptocurrency and fintech industries, hosts podcasts, moderates conference panels and curates the new Payments Intelligence portal.
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John has been with American Banker and related products for 30 years, covering bank technology, advertising, mortgages and capital markets.
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South Korea cool to central bank crypto; U.K. buses adopt mobile payments; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
November 1 -
APIs have opened a window for banks to capture a greater share of business payments, leading JPMorgan Chase to seek partners for faster results.
November 1 -
Currencycloud plans a multicurrency feature; Jack Dorsey invests in crypto startup; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
October 31 -
Amazon offers free delivery; Jumio develops new photo authentication; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
October 30 -
Mastercard is aggressively building a business payments ecosystem as it keeps an eye on political headwinds it has little control over.
October 29 -
UniCredit suffers a breach; NBC tests shoppable ads; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
October 29 -
Ripple isn't a part of Facebook's Libra. It's more likely to be a rival, and it must be careful to make sure that lawmakers see the distinction.
October 29 -
A few weeks after debuting voice-supported recurring bill payments in India, Amazon is extending a similar feature to most of its markets.
October 28 -
Teen debit app raises funds; Amex invests in virtual agent; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
October 28 -
Mastercard's positioning its effort as a call to action — instead of a mandate — to bring stakeholders together to produce best practices to project data.
October 28 -
Teen debit app raises funds; Amex invests in virtual agent; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
October 25 -
Visa is becoming more reliant on the businesses that it could have easily considered rivals just a few years ago.
October 24 -
Responding to the fast pace of payments technology and its impact on privacy and data security, Mastercard plans to recruit a range of companies, educational institutions and agencies to produce a set of best practices.
October 24 -
Transit tech advances in Australia; Hostile nations attack U.K. payments; Klarna teams with Wayfair; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
October 24 -
Lightspeed buys Kounta; Best Western unit breached; New York BitLicense under review; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
October 23 -
Retail technology provider Standard Cognition is putting its quick-rising valuation to work to stockpile tools as the checkout-free market enters a more competitive phase.
October 23 -
Payments innovation is happening in small businesses like Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant, which has to manage a shift in how people shop, order, pay and communicate — all at the same time.
October 22 -
Facebook's original proposal for Libra was to develop a sweeping, global currency with the backing of the world's biggest companies. Now, with fewer companies on its side and a massive backlash by lawmakers, Facebook is loosening one of Libra's core values.
October 21 -
Bitcoin.com's deal; Cambodia turns to blockchain; Standard Chartered upgrades treasury management; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
October 21 -
PayPal’s latest move to jolt Venmo’s revenue is a co-branded credit card developed with Synchrony — something that challenger banks and fintechs may rush to compete against.
October 18
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