John Adams

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Auto dealership accepts bitcoin; Transit tech draws VC; North Korean hackers cause financial damage; Blockchain's role in financial inclusion.

Payment technology and card network veteran Lance Johnson is the new executive director of the PCI Security Standards Council, effective January 2018.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon faces regulatory pressure in France; Italian banks build blockchain; Swiss cryptocurrency company seeks bank license; PCI Council adds new director.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: North Korea may be behind cyrptocurrency hacks; Bitcoin ATMs expand; Indonesia and Australia collaborate on fintech; First Data expands contactless in Asia.

One of the indirect offshoots of Brexit is a government program that's designed to keep the U.K. relevant by lending a hand to new companies.
The program, FCA Innovate, may have a global effect by nurturing companies that aim to retire static authentication modes such as usernames and passwords.

In a move designed to strengthen its capabilities for integrated payments, processor and technology provider Total System Services has agreed to acquire Cayan for $1.05 billion. The news shortly follows another deal valued in the billions — Thales agreeing to buy the chip maker Gemalto for $5.4 billion.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Thales agrees to acquire Gemalto; Citi starts a new blockchain project; North Korea's cryptohackers; Airwallex draws funding; ANZ cuts fees for transfers.

The cloud, open development and onboarding tools should get a boost from PSD2, with mandates that banks make it easier to share payment data with fintechs in Europe.

More retailers are accepting mobile wallets, but few agree on what that entails. Many stores are coming up with their own wallets by building on past successes or burying payments deep under the surface of their mobile channel.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: FCC ends net neutrality; Gemalto turns down takeover offer; Australian central banker's bearish on bitcoin; Miami condo sale will only take bitcoin.