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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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.
By John AdamsMay 16 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Walmart upgrades its online shopping; Paytm introduces a card and addresses internal fraud; Samsung extends crypto support; U.K. fintech investment stays strong.
By John AdamsMay 15 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm Mall may have suffered internal scam; Apple adds NFC wrinkle; Belfast has its own coin; Uber adds PINs; Flexa adds retailers for crypto payments.
By John AdamsMay 14 -
Apple’s aggressive posture when it makes moves in retail and payments has drawn a lot of pushback and controversy, but its setback in the Supreme Court could be the most dire threat yet to the growth of Apple Pay.
By John AdamsMay 13 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today Alipay, Adyen, Klarna collaborate; West Ham United adopts cashless pay; Digital advances in Germany, eBay tests a new concept store.
By John AdamsMay 13 -
As fintechs race to reinvent transit payments, Uber's laying the groundwork in Denver to make sure it takes a leading position.
By John AdamsMay 13 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Swift seeks IT experts; Tencent and Ant get bank licenses in Hong Kong; Google updates security and payment acceptance; Dapps face more regulations.
By John AdamsMay 10 -
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.
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