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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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.
October 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.
October 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.
October 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.
October 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.
October 12 -
As regulatory pushback against Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency has accelerated, keeping the project together has become a major challenge, with Visa, Mastercard, Visa, eBay and Stripe joining PayPal in leaving the project.
October 11 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Salesforce bolsters ordering; Mastercard extends its reach in Africa; Caixabank ramps up use of AI; Standard Cognition acquires computer vision technology.
October 11 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: PayPal loses on its Uber investment; Rapyd gets a license in Singapore; Masabi builds interoperable transit payments in Ohio; Binance finds partners for crypto in China.
October 10 -
Cash is not dead, but the burdens of ensuring access threaten to break long-standing ecosystems that sustain traditional payments.
October 10 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Barclays cuts cash access at U.K. post offices; Taiwan offers incentives to use mobile payments; WEX expands; Japan allows political donations in crypto.
October 9 -
Europe's PSD2 doesn't directly impact Hong Kong, but its monetary decision makers support open banking frameworks, sparking a network of banks to support that effort through the help of HSBC and Swift.
October 8 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: EU regulators question Libra; Payment startup pulls huge IPO; Sacramento Kings add blockchain; Stripe expands to Malaysia.
October 8 -
As fintechs like Stripe and Square close in on NCR's traditional businesses, the technology company is adding scale in southeastern markets through a purchase of Midwest POS Solutions.
October 7 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Paytm extends wireless; Tim Cook takes a veiled shot at Libra; European regulators warn banks on AML; Ohio shuts crypto tax payment site.
October 7 -
Canada is often at the forefront of payments innovation, with active fintech hubs and a national initiative to restructure the country’s transaction system for e-commerce. Yet outdated attitudes about identity risk linger, showing how hard it will be to achieve global digital ID at scale.
October 7 -
Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency project has lost its first major ally. PayPal — where the head of Facebook's Libra project once served as president — has cut its ties. As a founding member, PayPal was expected to drive the payment-specific part of the cryptocurrency initiative.
October 4 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Barclaycard's supply chain; Libra partners hedge on participation; Lyft tries to hold onto drivers; Curve adds former Samsung exec; Fiserv adds school donation support to Clover.
October 4 -
Transit systems want to use contactless and open payment systems to address ridership declines, an innovative strategy that nonetheless is riddled with pain points due to how transit has traditionally modernized.
October 4 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Udaan's big haul; Jack Henry promotes executives; Venezuela embraces crypto; Link funds new ATMs.
October 3 -
Facebook is not the only global megabrand tied to the Libra cryptocurrency project, and with a steady drip of rumors about the partners bailing, pressure on Facebook is rising while partners weigh missing out on the initiative’s addressable market.
October 2
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