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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Traditional U.S. retail is in crisis at the hands of e-commerce. Bankers have a role to play to stop the bleeding through a combination of service, incentives, and payments technology.
By John AdamsApril 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Attackers hit DNS servers at financial companies; Shareholder sues over Fiserv's deal to buy First Data; New sandbox; Digital ID advances in the Philippines; Russia's gas company turns to DLT.
By John AdamsApril 8 -
As Amazon experiments in retail models that remove cash and plastic cards in favor of online and mobile payments, traditional retailers may have an ace up their sleeve: the gift card.
By John AdamsApril 8 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Western Union expands in the Philippines; Apple Pay's transit pay reaches Singapore; The SEC issues guidance on ICOs; Sila launches a smart contract program.
By John AdamsApril 5 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple Pay jumps in Australia; Blockchain advances for health care payments; A new DLT group in Europe; Facebook suffers another security vulnerability.
By John AdamsApril 4 -
Amazon’s incursion into brick and mortar has been aggressive, but not without its share of course corrections. The latest is a new round of price cuts at Whole Foods amid whispers of slow Prime traffic at the high-end grocer.
By John AdamsApril 3 -
Large investment houses see an opportunity to improve financial conditions for contract workers, accelerate evolution away from cash to digital payments, expand the smartphone as a commerce device and streamline user experience.
By John AdamsApril 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon cuts prices at Whole Foods; eBay alters its advertising strategy; Georgia Tech suffers a breach; Amazon extends contract with Delta Airlines.
By John AdamsApril 3 -
FIS’s $43 billion agreement to acquire Worldpay and Fiserv’s $22 billion deal to buy First Data are largely closing the gaps between financial technology and merchant acquiring. But these mergers are only the first of many steps.
By John AdamsApril 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Coinbase and Ripple partner for payment feature; Fingopay will launch vein payments in Manchester; Fintechs ManoMano and Novo draw investors.
By John AdamsApril 2 -
The gig economy presents many challenges in its reliance on a freelance workforce. Among those is the task of managing corporate spending for workers that don't use a corporate card or expense platform.
By John AdamsApril 2 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google enhances invoice editing; Consumers may use Apple Pay more with a card; Facebook's hiring more blockchain talent; Researchers spot advanced keylogging.
By John AdamsApril 1 -
Mastercard has spent years attempting to overhaul transit payments to allow riders to pay with a contactless credit or debit card. This time around, it expects Apple Pay to play a significant role.
By John AdamsApril 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square and Apple Pay go to the ballpark; Government payment gateway draws funds; CoinAcquiring approaches merchants; Movie ticket subscriptions get even more crowded.
By John AdamsMarch 29 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Worldpay goes deeper into Australia; Apple Pay expands in Europe; Infinity plans a movie ticketing service; Crypto exchanges have a KYC problem.
By John AdamsMarch 28 -
Digital payment innovators have shown an almost limitless propensity to home in on banks’ turf, and Citigroup is ready to strike back.
By John AdamsMarch 27 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square adds invoicing in the U.K.; Wayfair plans brick and mortar store; Tandem's developing PSD2-specific products; McDonald's acquires AI for drive through lanes.
By John AdamsMarch 27 -
Billions of dollars in investments are pouring into digital payments, but the hefty numbers obscure a regulatory and competitive squeeze that could shut banks out of the profits for good.
By John AdamsMarch 26 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Domino's plans in-car order and pay; Arizona college adopts robot serving; Monzo leaves U.K. check image scheme; IBM's blockchain picks up more adoption.
By John AdamsMarch 26 -
The new Apple Card wasn't just one product of many announced at the Steve Jobs Theater on Monday — it was the glue that binds all of Apple's new services together.
By John AdamsMarch 25



















