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: Fiserv buys First Data; PayPal scores a ticketing contract; Open banking advances in Canada; Russian bank adopts finger payments; Faster payment group adds staff.
By John AdamsJanuary 16 -
As cashierless stores try to break out of the lab and into the real world, a deployment in Poland could open up as many as 5,000 locations to the technology.
By John AdamsJanuary 15 -
There are many contenders working towards developing a universal digital ID system. CULedger will test its offering later this week with a rollout scheduled for the second half of 2019.
By John AdamsJanuary 15 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: U.K. forms new financial crime unit; Salesforce adds AI; UnionPay opens to developers; Fiserv lures sports pay network.
By John AdamsJanuary 15 -
There are many contenders working towards developing a universal digital ID system and away from static passwords. A group of credit unions is ready to see if its blockchain-based approach can serve a wider market.
By John AdamsJanuary 15 -
Marketing and venture capital veteran Allison Johnson will become PayPal's executive vice president and chief marketing officer — a new role at the payments company as it tries to monetize its Venmo app.
By John AdamsJanuary 14 -
The Chinese government is not formally considering Visa and Mastercard’s year-old application to process payments inside China, another signal of China’s almost constantly changing regulatory posture toward the American card brands.
By John AdamsJanuary 14 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: German court rules against Amazon Dash; Georgetown professor says shutdown's hurting fintech; Sandbox advances in Wyoming; Yapstone hires former Amazon Pay executive.
By John AdamsJanuary 14 -
One of the concerns for no-cashier stores, beyond how well they work, is that they must also be placed in the middle of tech-friendly cities, where retail space comes at a high cost.
By John AdamsJanuary 13 -
Square just found a replacement for high-profile CFO Sarah Friar but is facing another big hole in its leadership team as head of payments Mary Kay Bowman leaves for Visa.
By John AdamsJanuary 11 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Ola, N26 pick up investments; TransferWise's Brexit hedge: WeChat cuts bike sharing service from wallet app.
By John AdamsJanuary 11 -
Tech companies are scrambling to get into the dashboard to embed everything from voice assistants to payments. But the end goal — an in-car shopping experience as seamless as shopping online — remains elusive.
By John AdamsJanuary 11 -
As BillingTree moves deeper into verticals such as health care, it will be helmed by new leadership as Christine Lee becomes CEO.
By John AdamsJanuary 10 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Walmart tries driverless delivery; A new project to speed electric car charging; India appoints a digital pay panel; Central banks go slow on digital currency.
By John AdamsJanuary 10 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mercedes-Benz concept car supports ride app and delivery; Motiv's new pay and fitness ring; A tech update dings Google Pay; China Mobile adds token incentive to water purification.
By Daniel WolfeJanuary 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: New York's plans for crypto; Phillips 66 in-car payments; U.K. contactless fraud; and more.
By John AdamsJanuary 7 -
More companies are adding financial health programs to their benefits, creating a market that fits with one of the common uses consumers have found for prepaid cards.
By John AdamsJanuary 7 -
Banks and payment companies are already comfortable using artificial intelligence to guard against fraud. The tech could soon be just as welcome in creating payment products and matching them to potential customers.
By John AdamsJanuary 4 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Chase is recuriting a blockchain leader; Elavon gets nod from U.K.'s Faster Payments scheme; Abine suffers a breach; Self-driving car deliveries advance in San Francisco.
By John AdamsJanuary 4 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm's out of India's regulatory spotlight; Mary Meeker's new investment firm gets a brand; Prepaid trade group changes its name; Bitcoin processor turns down investment.
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