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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One of the risks of omnichannel shopping is showrooming, where consumers browse products in person at a store but purchase online from a rival at a better price. This problem has existed for years in the brick-and-mortar world, and the maturation of digital shopping has caused showrooming to spread to more retailers.
By John AdamsNovember 15 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard opens its first innovation hub in Australia; Collaborative mobile payments advance in Poland; Steem plots a blockchain wallet; CU Wallet founder joins credit union tech consultant.
By John AdamsNovember 14 -
Viewpoint's Henry Ferguson has heard the arguments against digitization firsthand, when checking with advisers who take the temperature of people in the construction industry.
By John AdamsNovember 14 -
Citigroup is extending a technology program that's designed to cut excess out of international supply procurement.
By John AdamsNovember 13 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Singles Day reaches another record; BurstIQ builds a cryptowallet; SIX restructures its payments business; Santander picks a vendor for U.K. check imaging.
By John AdamsNovember 13 -
The spread of Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant and Samsung's Bixby is changing the way consumers interact with technology. Behind the scenes, artificial intelligence is doing more than ever to handle and protect payments.
By Daniel WolfeNovember 10 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa and Samsung Pay collaboration debuts; PayPal's pool; U.K. football embraces contactless payments; Chinese travelers get more payment options; Carrier billing gets a beachhead in Egypt.
By John AdamsNovember 10 -
The influx of mobile point of sale systems created an odd situation for retailers that now had to turn their screens around or hand over their smartphones to consumers. More manufacturers are addressing this awkwardness by giving shoppers their own screen — but innovation comes at a price.
By John AdamsNovember 10 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Ontario deregulates fintech to battle Silicon Valley; NCR opens a hub in India; Environmentally-friendly cryptocoins; Thoma Bravo acquires health club payments processor.
By John AdamsNovember 9 -
TransferWise, one of the fintechs that have challenged old-school banking models for international transactions, is entering a new phase that adds geographies and different markets for its account alternative.
By John AdamsNovember 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa pushes wearables at the Olympics; U.K. regulators may make it easier for payment crime victims to recovery funds from banks; Stripe invests in Monzo; Coin Hive hits UFC.
By John AdamsNovember 8 -
Green Dot's financial performance has improved substantially over the past year, enough for the prepaid card issuer to raise its outlook for the rest of the year.
By John AdamsNovember 7 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon Cash extends availability to 7-Eleven; Bjork embraces cryptocurrency; CVS launches same-day delivery; Swift to power faster payments in Hong Kong.
By John AdamsNovember 7 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Western Union's earnings get a jolt from technology; Paytm adds chat tech; N26 plans U.K. launch; Equifax board clears inside stock sales after its data breach.
By John AdamsNovember 6 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: PayPal plans domestic payment service in India; Mobile shopping on pace for more records; U.K. banks take different paths to battle payments fraud.
By John AdamsNovember 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: TransferWise raises funds; Robert Carr's new processor expands; Another fine for late breach disclosure; Amazon gobbles up cryptocurrency domains; Link's move may cut free ATMs in the U.K.
By John AdamsNovember 2 -
New York plans to dramatically digitize its subway system, phasing out its iconic MetroCard to install contactless tap-and-go technology, bringing a dose of the 21st century to a system that dates to 1904 but often feels even older than that.
By John AdamsNovember 2 -
The Canadian payment system is evolving into something almost completely different, an evolution that's birthing new ideas to handle authentication.
By John AdamsNovember 2 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: New York and Vermont penalize Hilton over breaches; Microsoft pushes fintech in Japan; Dilbert's Scott Adams plans an IPO; Singapore approves a virtual currency card; GameStop ties rewards to subscription payments.
By John AdamsNovember 1 -
Blockchain is a bigger opportunity for business transactions than consumer transactions, according to Mastercard president and CEO Ajay Banga, who is poring over the technology to build use cases for corporate users.
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