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: Amazon gets aggressive in the U.K.; eBay offers small business credit; Quest Diagnostics suffers a breach; Barclays, Nasdaq and UBS invest in a utility coin.
By John AdamsJune 4 -
Janet Estep is nearing the end of her tenure as Nacha’s CEO, but she's no less devoted to overcoming the last hurdles to implementing faster payments.
By John AdamsJune 4 -
China UnionPay is assembling the relationships it needs to directly issue cards in Europe, but local saturation suggests UnionPay’s best bet is to use European merchant relationships to counter its own domestic rivals in China rather than disrupting Visa and Mastercard.
By John AdamsJune 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Banks field fintech pitches; Revolut hires PR expert; Ripple tests restaurant payments in Tokyo; German bank official bases blockchain.
By John AdamsJune 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple pushes its new transit technology; Pittsburgh's upgrading its transit system; Spanish biometric firm expands; PSD2 draws VC investors
By John AdamsMay 31 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Revolut adds Apple Pay; Fitbit Pay will support the MTA's contactless test; Flipboard and Checkers suffer breaches; U.S., U.K. form fintech alliance.
By John AdamsMay 30 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Singapore pushes digital ID; Walmart hires an innovation chief; A French youth payment app raises funds; Coinbase expands PayPal support to Canada.
By John AdamsMay 29 - Edit License
Global Payments' purchase of TSYS is the latest merger of large payment technology companies — and by no means the last.
By John AdamsMay 28 -
TSYS and Global Payments have announced a $21.5 billion merger, the third M&A deal in the financial/fintech industry of more than $20 billion this year.
By John AdamsMay 28 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: TSYS and Global Payments agree to merge; Rabobank scales back crypto wallet; Carnival adds payment wearable; Mobile money expands;
By John AdamsMay 28 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: BNP Paribas adds wearable payments; Facebook's cryptocoin takes another step; USAT expands its executive ranks; Google deploys technology on the New York subway; Japan's regulators take a closer look at cryptocurrency.
By John AdamsMay 24 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Regulators in Nepal combat Alipay and WeChat Pay; Marqeta draws investment; Loot faces financial trouble; German regulators pressure N26 on AML compliance.
By John AdamsMay 23 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard exands digital IT work; NAB supports Apple Pay; ACI wins business in Chile; Cyrpto scams jump in the U.K.
By John AdamsMay 22 -
The trend is moving far beyond the car, train, bus and car-sharing app. Transportation in 2019 has become a full portal to financial services—and a way to centralize urban movement at the same time.
By John AdamsMay 22 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: WeChat Pay grows in Europe; Facebook sets up fintech in Switzerland; Russians dump cash; ABN Amro halts cryptowallet project.
By John AdamsMay 21 -
Visa’s recent green light from U.K. regulators to complete its Earthport acquisition was more than just the clearing of a regulatory hurdle — it was a revealing look at how important it has become for the card networks to diversify.
By John AdamsMay 21 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google tests drone delivery; Spend launches a digital wallet; Minna attracts investors; Tokyo recruits fintechs.
By John AdamsMay 20 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Ola introduces a credit card; Google Pay makes a push in India; Authorities nab malware ring; YouTrip draw funding.
By John AdamsMay 17 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Ticketmaster improves security; Storr draws investors; Mastercard vets smart cities initiatives; Google Pay is fixing navigation for privacy settings.
By John AdamsMay 16 -
A Brooklyn startup predicts a mix of blockchain and AI can give retailers a referral and conversion model like Amazon and eBay, but the merchants will have to cede some data control.
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