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: 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.
May 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.
May 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.
May 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.
May 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.
May 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.
May 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Facebook pushes crypto; Denver transit teams with Uber for ticketing; Canada and Singapore team on distributed ledger; Simple adds Samsung Pay; Paytm Mall offers auto payments.
May 3 -
Transferrable dynamic authentication is something almost everyone wants but still seems just out of reach. Experian says there are a couple of places where that problem can be solved, adding it’s time to realize that even digital-age ID rules no longer work.
May 2 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple and Cubic extend transit pay; U.K. technology firm debuts biometric card; Alexa's payment skill reaches more countries; How to make a contactless ring.
May 2 -
Mastercard’s board is pushing back against an activist group’s calls to create a board-level human rights committee to track potential transactions involving extremist organizations.
May 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: U.K. regulators say PayPal's iZettle deal won't hurt competition; Amazon extends its Key service to some Ford brands; Remitly adds to its network; Refundo and BitPay offer cryptocurrency tax refunds.
May 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Walmart enables shoppable ads in its streaming service; Another no-cashier store in London; Amazon Pay expands in India; Citi extends business pay in Vietnam.
April 30 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa extends financial inclusion in Pakistan, Africa; India cracks down on crypto; Sinemia closes; Swedbank responds to AML investigations.
April 29 -
It’s just one part of one regulation in one region that addresses one business practice, but for Stripe, Strong Customer Authentication is a ticket to unlock markets across multiple business types.
April 29 -
Uber’s getting a half billion dollar investment from PayPal at a time when the ride-sharing app is prepping a $100 billion IPO and can least afford speed bumps in its user experience and payment process.
April 26 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: PayPal invests in Uber; Tencent invests in payments technology in Argentina; Wirex issues stablecoins; Walmart unveils new retail innovation; The PSD2 vendor market gets larger.
April 26 -
Barclays has been highly active and aggressive in payments innovation on its home turf, giving it insight into which of its projects could find footing as it expands in the U.S.
April 26 -
Less than a day after saying it would work with large core processors in a consolidating industry, Visa has struck a deal to link its B2B platform to FIS' bank clients.
April 25 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Blockchain B2B advances in China; Brave adds new ad incentives; New crypto wallet; New York prosecutors win a bitcoin laundering case.
April 25 -
Visa’s not worried about the massive consolidation that’s sweeping the payments industry, seeing it as a force to extend payments innovation globally.
April 25
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