John Adams

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple partners with Alipay to boost iPhone sales; Form jacking attacks expand; P2P expands in Sri Lanka; California considers expanding breach disclosure law.

Lloyds is paying small merchants to offer cash back, but consumer groups are already casting the move as inadequate to address the decline of branches and ATMs in the U.K.

Immigration restrictions are a threat to London’s status as a fintech hub, enough for Revolut CEO Nikolay Storonsky to demand the U.K.’s government take special steps to prevent the technology talent from going elsewhere.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Dutch central bank's processing PSD2 licenses for U.K. firms; Wyoming pushes crypto laws; Citymapper adds prepaid card; Paytm hires former Amazon exec; Bluefin gets PCI certification.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Instagram adds donation sticker; Barclays Brexit clinics; Coinbase acquires more blockchain technology; Google Pay gains ground with banks.

States are changing how they regulate bitcoin, but convincing merchants and consumers to jump-start a dreary cryptocurrency payments market is another matter.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: EU fee relief; Girl Scouts add Clover; Facebook posts for blockchain talent; Marriott offers hack info.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon gains bank support in India; Facial recognition for ATMs in Spain; ATMs are declining in the U.K.; UATP and Conferma Pay offer virtual pay for flights.

Ant Financial, the Chinese payments company that operates Alipay, has a scale that’s almost unimaginable to a U.S. audience. But the giant's ability to build a true empire has already run into regulatory trouble in the U.S.—and it’s affecting Ant's strategy worldwide.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Ant agrees to WorldFirst deal; Kroger ups its mobile technology; Sony adds watch upgrade; Starling Bank raises funds for new accounts; DLT moves foward in Italy.