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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The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm targets health care; Revolut collaborates for Amazon fire fundraise payments; Mobile money in Nigeria; PNC launches on RippleNet.
August 30 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon considers Go-Jek investment; China picks institutions for government crypto; Token hires new CEO; Google Pay targets local stores in India.
August 29 -
Alibaba has added Adyen as a processor, giving the Chinese e-commerce giant an added option to acquire merchants to feed its business for Chinese travelers.
August 28 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: WeChat adopts facial recognition for payments; CaixaBank will issue environmentally friendly gift cards; Facebook courts external developers for Libra; Paytm adds QR codes for train payments.
August 28 -
Processors that rely on cross-border payments to reach new territories are feeling the economic squeeze of the looming Brexit deadline.
August 28 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Grab and Go-Jek's battle; Indian payments app draws investment; Installment options expand for fashion and beauty retailers; Google Pay's adding a dark mode.
August 27 -
It's unclear whether the Trump administration can or will declare a national emergency as part of the trade dispute between the U.S. and China, but the discourse alone could disrupt major business relationships that involve American retailers, payment companies and Chinese firms.
August 26 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Is Libra's regulatory heat too much for the project's partners?; Revlut adds top execs; Venezuelan department store turns to blockchain to combat inflation; InstaRem looks for more corridors.
August 26 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon invests in incentive marketing in India; Ripple adds discount transfer company to network; More signs PSD2's migration is going poorly; New technology emerges for rental payments.
August 23 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Barclays adds literal climate to stores; Australia's real-time pay system suffers a breach; Austrian mobile provider tests crypto pay; DoorDash makes an acquisition.
August 22 -
By dumping Chase Pay's standalone point of sale app, JPMorgan Chase is handing a victory to the likes of Apple Pay — but it's also eliminating an app that was tangential to the issuer's long-term payments goals.
August 21 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa fights Indian regs; MoviePass suffers a breach; M&A sparks payment deal record; Square hires a crypto experts; Acorns draws celebrity investors.
August 21 -
More U.S. states are legalizing sports gambling, providing a huge opportunity for payments companies that have been fattened by multibillion-dollar mergers.
August 21 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: How China's central bank currency could harm Alipay and WeChat Pay; Miami transit turns contactless; PayPal gets deeper into retail; Metal Pay draws investment.
August 20 -
Barclays has jumped on a huge range of technology that brings payments closer to myriad activities, but as competition looms, the bank is working to better organize its projects.
August 20 -
Bank of America has joined the likes of Walmart and Mastercard in seeking patents for blockchain technology that could be used for a digital currency or mobile wallet.
August 19 -
Banks are under competitive and regulatory pressure to either compete or partner with fintechs that support services such as mobile payments, and credit unions are in the same boat — though with a very different challenge at the start.
August 19 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: How well do voice assistants understand commands?; Hy-Vee suffers a breach; Shared workspace adds biometric payments; London deploys more contactless payment points for donations.
August 19 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Contactless payments jump in New York subways; Coinbase switches banks; Dovu's green crypto; Ant's impact on the fintech investment market;
August 16 -
Gregor Dobbie is taking on the role of CEO of Vocalink as the company looks to expand its B2B payments business in the U.K.
August 15
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