John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker.
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A dynamic digital identity that can work across functions and channels has to start somewhere. To get into digital ID at the ground floor, more companies are pushing to address identity risk when onboarding new accounts.
By John AdamsMay 10 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: PayPal's high on phishing list; San Francisco outlaws no-cash stores; Facebook changes crypto ad policy; Ransomware hits Baltimore.
By John AdamsMay 9 -
Nacha turned to an inside candidate to be its CEO when current chief Janet Estep retires at the end of 2019.
By John AdamsMay 8 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa's Earthport deal clears regulatory hurdle; Deutsche adds payment cloud; Campus crooks, Mastercard adds more biometrics; Co-op Financial Services reorganizes payments and financial technology.
By John AdamsMay 8 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard's investing another $1 billion in India; U.K. government adds the Pays for travel; NCR acquires restaurant technology; Warren Buffet sounds off on bitcoin.
By John AdamsMay 7 -
The investment money’s flowing into fintech that’s flexible and broad enough to build a bridge between issuers and merchants. For PayU’s investment wing, that’s a $500 million blanket covering cross-border commerce, open tools and markets in dire need of a digital revolution.
By John AdamsMay 7 -
There’s no clear winner yet in the “war on cash,” so investment is flowing into technology that’s designed to accommodate a wide set of payment options that can still take cash along for the ride.
By John AdamsMay 6 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Santander adds gig economy tech; U.K. calls out open banking laggards; AMC suffers a breach; A new threat for bitcoin fraud.
By John AdamsMay 6 -
Mastercard hopes to tap into existing partnerships and clients from multiple business lines to combine services in a single menu for small to mid-sized businesses, a market where fintechs have made great strides over the past few years, enough to draw extra attention from established companies.
By John AdamsMay 6 -
Facebook’s pursuit of a crypto-based payment system would seem to be filled with potholes and red flags. The social network’s stealth project isn’t much of a secret, and another Facebook virtual currency has already failed years earlier. But Facebook also has a lot in its corner — enough to threaten the e-commerce and payment processing establishment, should its crypto project take off.
By John AdamsMay 3