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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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.
By John AdamsOctober 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.
By John AdamsOctober 25 -
Visa is becoming more reliant on the businesses that it could have easily considered rivals just a few years ago.
By John AdamsOctober 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.
By John AdamsOctober 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.
By John AdamsOctober 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.
By John AdamsOctober 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.
By John AdamsOctober 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.
By John AdamsOctober 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.
By John AdamsOctober 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.
By John AdamsOctober 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.
By John AdamsOctober 18 -
Mastercard eyes India's cash-only stores; GoPay partners with Boku; Machine learning advances for U.K. payment risk; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
By John AdamsOctober 18 -
Venmo’s P2P social payment app has become a major part of PayPal’s retail strategy, a play that’s getting a boost from a Synchrony co-branded credit card.
By John AdamsOctober 17 -
The U.K.-based fintech says that a recent crowdfunding campaign shows demand for its product, even though the amount it raised is well below funds obtained from VCs.
By John AdamsOctober 17 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: EU regulators examine Apple Pay; Exec in Taiwan likes Libra; Amazon Pay's voice in India; Bermuda launches blockchain ID.
By John AdamsOctober 17 -
Technology companies like Square and Stripe have nimbly captured small-business share from banks that often overlooked the segment. Royal Bank of Canada is trying to respond through a mix of merchant services, tied to the national debit system and incentive marketing.
By John AdamsOctober 17 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Paytm draws new investment; Interac expands mobile payments; Klarna and Samsung collaborate; Shopify and Splitit team up; Aliant pays staff in crypto.
By John AdamsOctober 16 -
Facebook’s controversial Libra cryptocurrency project is moving ahead, undaunted by the rapid departure of five high-profile companies. The Libra Association confirmed 21 members have formally signed on and formed the association’s council.
By John AdamsOctober 15 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Alipay makes a move in Russia; Google Pay expands transit support; Unicef adds crypto; BofA's hiring blockchain experts.
By John AdamsOctober 15 -
The Libra Association's remaining stakeholders — under very public pressure to abandon ship — will potentially find strength in numbers at its meeting in Switzerland.
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