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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In yet another twist on the idea of a cryptocurrency debit card, MoxyOne has developed its own network as a way to address the setbacks some have faced in relying on Visa and Mastercard.
By John AdamsApril 6 -
Companies that aspire to be the Uber of their industry should take a second look at the ride-sharing market, where Grab has become a lightning rod of payments investment and innovation.
By John AdamsApril 5 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Russia plots a payments network; South Africa sets up a crytpocurrency unit; Commonwealth Bank suffers an outage; Monzo makes progress with its new accounts.
By John AdamsApril 5 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: NatWest uses AI to thwart payments fraud; Apple Pay launches in Brazil; Domino's gamifies loyalty; Currency conversion comes to alternative currency.
By John AdamsApril 4 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Panera's data leak; Google cracks down on cryptomining; Seoul plans its own cryptocurrency; People fear the Equifax breach; Amazon expands voice donations.
By John AdamsApril 3 -
Alibaba is investing billions into mobile ordering technology in China — but what is more fundamentally American than spending large amounts of money on food?
By John AdamsApril 2 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Alibaba pays billions to acquire mobile delivery startup; Waves builds a cryptopay gateway; FINRA warns on screen scraping; Phishing attackers get arrested; Payment fraudsters hit Italian football club.
By John AdamsApril 2 -
Like a crime wave, data leaks and vulnerable static identifiers show no sign of abating, as MyFitnessPal became the latest in a string of sites to have users' data exposed trough usernames and hashed passwords.
By John AdamsMarch 29 -
President Trump's isolationism is colliding head-on with a lucrative trend of Chinese tourists coming to the U.S. looking — and payments companies are caught in the crossfire.
By John AdamsMarch 29 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Atlanta slowly comes back online after ramsonware attack; Monero's not as "invisible" as its reputation; EU changes its transaction fee rules; More green cryptocurrency.
By John AdamsMarch 29 -
Uber is clearly doing more to get into payments, but is hampered by a heavy regulatory burden and self-inflicted wounds to its brand.
By John AdamsMarch 28 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Uber applies for an e-money license; Shyp shuts down; Apple Watch getting a redesign; Massachusetts halts some ICOs.
By Daniel WolfeMarch 28 -
There are still millions of merchants in the U.S. clinging to relic point of sale methods — and they are not easily swayed by fancy new touchscreens and mobile wallets. This means companies such as Verifone must go to greater lengths, just to meet them halfway.
By John AdamsMarch 28 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: Venmo's new privacy policy; Alipay's boss on blockchain; Jet.com's new president; and more.
By John AdamsMarch 27 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Santander embraces contactless giving; Long Island Blockchain invests in a financial institution; China nudges toward virtual currency; Amex acquires mobile pay firm Cake; Steven Seagal-backed virtual currency faces political heat.
By John AdamsMarch 26 -
PSD2's open banking wave is attracting lots of attention from payments technology firms, and Zafin is making moves to cement its place in the market.
By John AdamsMarch 26 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square speeds payments in the U.K.; Saga aims to counter cryptocurrency fears; A group forms to help with PSD2 compliance; Bitcoin scores in New York real estate.
By John AdamsMarch 23 -
The technology company's major projects over the past couple of years have included a diversification to serve merchants' cross-channel shopping and payment needs, adding advanced ATM technology in Europe and upgrading hardware to compete with rivals such as Square.
By John AdamsMarch 22 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web:. Today: Instragram's payments feature makes a global move; Investor sets up a new U.K. fintech hub; CBA's sorry for payments glitch; Points for cryptocurrency.
By John AdamsMarch 22 -
The breach at Expedia's Orbitz not only jeopardized nearly 880,000 payment cards — it cast a spotlight on the weaknesses all companies expose themselves to when they partner with another brand.
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